Re: Hi

Peter Vollmer wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> nice to meet you, I'm an embedded software developer, did some projects
> with the IXP425, looked a bit into the kernel but did more userspace
> application development. I guess this is a good chance to look a bit
> inside the 2.6 kernel, so I'm with you.

Handy - since e-series kernel is mostly done now. theres a fair biut of
userspace work to do though.

> well, I dont have much yet. I plan to setup the build environment on the
> weekend and try to build a kernel from hh.org CVS. It would be nice to
> have a working config to start with (or is there already something
> useable in arch/arm/configs) ?

I'll try to dig mine out in the next day or so.

> I must say that I would like to play safe with my E750, its the only one
> I have and I use it everyday. So I'd rather not work on the bootloader
> or display code. Everything else would be fine I guess.

Actually JTAGing an e-series machine is really easy (some moderate
soldering and about 40p worth of ICs required). That said, the
bootloader work is pretty much done and dusted - I have a prototype that
will boot and resume linux, and I have hacks to linux that allow the
wince loader to work too (what I would like to do is hack the kernel
image to look like a winCE one, so that the wince bootloader can flash
it usinf the middle-button-reset trick to load a new kernel from CF card.

it should be easy enough to modify bootldr or something else to work on
eseries too.

In all these cases, I can bootstrap the device no problem - including video.

> I've got some experience with sound drivers, but fiddling with USB or IRDA
> would be nice too. I cant promise that I can spend much time though, but
> lets see ...

Go for it. the tc6xxx chips have spotty support but its comming
together. theres a supposedly working USB driver for them in use by the
zaurus guys. I would like to know what it does that my tmio-usb driver
isnt doing, since my driver was nice, clean and simple other than the
minor problem of it not quite working...

itd be nice to see IrDA working. its connected in the nortmal manner and
has a single GPIO controlling power to the driver IC.

I havwe slow but functional proof of concept code to read the keypad
buttons btw.

Lets rock!
Received on Wed Feb 22 2006 - 18:56:31 EST