Re: Step by step instructions

OK, I tried the files from your site, and now I get a lot more in my
haret connection terminal. Also, it now says "Detected CPU family:
PXA2xx:

HaRET(1)# set kernel "zImage"
HaRET(2)# set initrd "initrd"
HaRET(3)# set mtype "655"
HaRET(4)# set cmdline "root=/dev/ram0 rw ramdisk_size=12288 keepinitrd
init=/linuxrc console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8"
HaRET(5)# boot
Physical kernel address: a0008000
Preloader physical/virtual address: aaca0000
Physical initrd address: a0408000
Goodbye cruel world ...
Detecting if it's a pxa CPU. 69054114
Detecting if it's a pxa CPU. 00000002
skipping the draw thing
Setting Thread Priority
Disabling Multitasking
Setting memory access permissions
Changing to kernel mode
Getting mmu
Calling SetupLoad()
Calling cli...
Shutting Down peripherals

On 9/6/05, Richard Bateman <taxilian_at_zzt.net> wrote:
> USB support shouldn't be difficult, but there are some GPIO controls
> that we can't locate... our guess is that the ASIC controls many
> peripherals. We also haven't located the gpios that control the LED
> indicators on the x50. PCMCIA/CF support also shouldn't be hard, but
> for some reason I can't make it work. :-/

So I really can't work on this withouth a serial cable, can I? Can I
make the device put a kernel log somewhere where I can read it
afterwards? So that would be on an SD card or the built-in storage. If
I can do that, I could try to get it to work using the init scripts
and many many reboots :-)

>
> SD support does work.

Does that also mean that the rootfs gets mounted and used if I format
an SD card to have one fat and one ext2 partition, and I put the root
fs on the ext2 partition? Cause that's what I was hoping it does
now...

>
> You can make the FB work on the x50v by using the vsfb.c driver; just
> set the resolution and hardware address correctly.
>
> http://bobb.us/~richard/tmp/arm/ has most of my files
>
> I believe that this kernel has working fb on the x50v, but you have to
> load the modules manually, so you need to make an initrd with the
> correct modules:
> http://bobb.us/~richard/tmp/arm/kernel26.tar.bz2

Which resolution and hardware address should I set? Can I find that somewhere?

I saw in your kernel config that the vsfb driver gets build. But I'm
afraid I don't have any initrd experience (certainly not with a kernel
built for another architecture), so I'll have to study that first. Or
maybe you can give me some quick instructions...

>
> that's really all I have.

Well, I'm glad you have all that. It seems you're really busy getting
this to work. Sad you'll stop with it soon :-( I hope I have a
connection to a running linux by then, so I can keep trying to get it
all to work...

>
> I will be out of the country for 2 years starting in November. I'm
> going to Novosibirsk, Russia, and I won't have any time to work on
> this... in fact, I'm selling my x50v before then. if someone would like
> to buy my serial cable before I leave, I'll sell it for $10US (to cover
> parts) plus shipping... contact me to confirm, and I'll paypal you the
> money. it's kinda hacked together, but it works. I'm not trying to
> make money off of it, $10 really is less than I paid for the parts to
> start with. I want this port to succeed =] I'll be around to answer
> what questions I have 'til november, then I'll be gone.

I'm afraid I will be bugging you a lot till then... But good luck on
your journey! I guess I'll make my own cable (the plans on Fisherss'
site - http://axim.narcotize.com/serialcable.html - are correct,
right?), cause sending it to Belgium will be quite a hassle ;-)

Greetz,
JeDi
Received on Tue Sep 06 2005 - 13:37:03 EDT