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tags: Android
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# How to compile Android kernel

## Prerequisites
### Download Kernel source from Google git
Download Android-7.0(nougat) kernel source. Its platform is "Google Nexus 6P(angler)" and kernel version is 3.10.

$ cd ~
$ git clone -b android-msm-angler-3.10-nougat-mr2 https://android.googlesource.com/kernel/msm/ angler

### Download Cross Compiler from Google

$ cd ~
$ mkdir bin
$ cd bin
$ git clone https://android.googlesource.com/platform/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/aarch64/aarch64-linux-android-4.9
$ cd aarch64-linux-android-4.9
$ git checkout android-7.1.2_r1

### Setting Env for build

$ export SUBARCH=arm64
$ export ARCH=arm64
$ export CROSS_COMPILE=~/bin/aarch64-linux-android-4.9/bin/aarch64-linux-android-
$ cd angler

$ make clean
$ make mrproper
$ make angler_defconfig
$ make -j 8