This tutorial builds on the previous tutorial in which you compiled and ran the Android goldfish kernel for the ARM architecture.

For long Terminal commands, I recommend copying and pasting from this page to the Terminal.

If you have not done this already, create a symbolic link (shortcut) to the /usr/local/android/sdk/src/kernel/goldfish directory with the following Terminal commands:

    ln -s /usr/local/android/sdk/src/kernel/goldfish ~/goldfish

After you have created the symbolic link with the ln command, to change to the goldfish kernel source directory, you just need to run

    cd ~/goldfish

Change to the goldfish kernel source directory:

    cd ~/goldfish

Delete any old compiled binaries:

    make clean
    make mrproper # reset kernel configuration

Add linux-x86 Android Native Development Kit (NDK) compile toolchain path to $PATH:

    export PATH=/usr/local/android/sdk/prebuilt/linux-x86/toolchain/i686-linux-android-4.6/bin:$PATH

Set up gcc to compile kernel for x86 architecture.

    export CROSS_COMPILE=i686-linux-android-

Configure x86 kernel:

    make ARCH=x86 CC="${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc -mno-android" goldfish_defconfig

Compile x86 kernel:

    make ARCH=x86 CC="${CROSS_COMPILE}gcc -mno-android" bzImage

Copy newly compiled kernel image bzImage to ~/android:

    cp arch/x86/boot/bzImage bzImage-x86-goldfish-2.6.29

Start your Intel-based AVD with new kernel (substitute your Intel-based AVD name for “TestAVDintel” below):

    emulator -kernel bzImage-x86-goldfish-2.6.29 -avd TestAVDintel -qemu -enable-kvm -show-kernel

The -qemu -enable-kvm -show-kernel options are optional, but they might speed up your Intel-based AVD and also show kernel messages during bootup.