Re: Porting to HTC Beetles

Hi Brandon,

On Jan 11, 2008 2:45 AM, Brandon Pedersen <bpedman_at_gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> So, I am a newb here but I wanted to get started researching and helping out
> to get Linux ported to the HTC Beetles (a.k.a. iPAQ hw65xx…mine is a
> hw6515a). I wanted to get a few suggestions as to where to begin to figure
> out what still needs to be done to get Linux working. Ideally I would love
> to get Familiar working with it.

I propose to forget about Familiar and have a look at Ångström
instead. But before deciding on a distribution you need at least basic
kernel support. I don't know off-hand how far the Sable/Beetles port
has progressed before lkcl ran out of time, but the code at
http://handhelds.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb.cgi/linux/kernel26/arch/arm/mach-pxa/htcsable/
looks pretty complete to me on a quick glance.

> So what steps do I need to take and where
> should I look for information? I noticed that a little bit of research has
> already been done, HaRET boots on the device (not mine yet) and can give
> some information so that's a step but what other things need to happen?

Others probably know more about the current status, but I'd say first
you should try to get the 2.6.21-hh20 kernel to boot and then work
from there.

> Also, I found a couple of guides that talk about how to port linux to a new
> PDA. Mine is a phone as well and just wondering what other things are
> involved or how different the process would be from porting it just to a
> PDA.

It's exactly the same for PXA devices. They are just PDAs with a GSM
chip add-on, after all.

regards
Philipp
Received on Fri Jan 11 2008 - 06:15:08 EST