[iPAQ] Progress report....

George is putting the final touches on the v0.12 release, probably out
later this evening after final vetting of the installation directions
and installation testing...

Goodies include:
        kernel is 2.4.0-test5-rmk2

        Cramfs based system. Oodles more memory available.

        If you have a CF or PCMCIA sleeve, various stuff works: e.g. plug
        in the right ethernet card (we've used the Socket CF one), and the
        unit will dhcp and voila', you are on the net. You can use things
        like ftp, rcp, nfs mount file systems, etc.

        If you have a CF or PCMCIA sleeve, you can use a disk. We've used
        the IBM 340 MB CF microdrive, and tried the 2 gig Toshiba PCMCIA
        card. It is now in theory possible to boot off the disk and do
        native development on the iPAQ. (we'll be doing this for real in
        the next few days).

        X server is 4.0.1: the X demo runs with -dumbSched, and applications
        (including TWM) should no longer mysteriously crash.
        Screen saver implemented: default is to turn off the screen after
        1 minute. Should do alot better on power usage, as a result.

        gqmpeg (currently statically linked). Requires some mp3's in flash
        to run. Uses an integerized mpg123.

        twmrc file in /etc/init.d, so you can edit it and not have to reload
        the cramfs.

        mpeg player is on the image, but we can't distribute the mpeg
        clip we've used to test it. Still trapping madly, and running
        very slowly relative to the Itsy player. On list to fix soon.

        IR has been activated as ttyS2 in SIR mode. 110-115200 baud. IrDA
        utilities present.

        Bootloader has sanity checks added. Linuxargs in the bootloader
        must be updated to reflect the new structure of flash.

We've certainly forgotten lots of other stuff...
                                - Jim
        

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Jim Gettys
Technology and Corporate Development
Compaq Computer Corporation
jg@pa.dec.com