Re: [iPAQ] Joining the 2210 porting effort!

Michael, all,
I'm really glad that there is another one to push Linux on H2210.
I've received my device about 2 months ago and besides the fact, that we
have not yet a shell prompt I have to say, that the device is great! So
far I'm using wince together with
http://www.rainer-keuchel.de/software.html. This is definitely better
then nothing (wince) but I'm awaiting eagerly a running linux on H2210.
The strange fact in my opinion is that we have not even a real dicussion
so far in this mailing list here.
I'm afraid that people are focussing very much on those (partly really
old) 3xxx versions and are missing obviously the presence (H2210) and
the future (H4xxx).
So far I'm not even able to trace the status. When we look to
http://www.handhelds.org/projects/h2200.html: (BTW: Why isn't it
possible to see this link when browsing http://www.handhelds.org/projects ?)

See H22xx ASIC spec for info on the companion ASIC in the H2210.

    Assign new machine type to H22xx. Done. MACH_TYPE_H2200 = 341
    Update linexec to run on H22xx

What are the problems here? What has to be done? What about a
compilation environment? What is the status?

    Boot minimal kernel via linexec
 
What do we need for a minimal kernel? Why can't we use the kernel of
another device or can we? Which one?

         Port bootldr to H22xx.

This seems to be low priority for me! Why not use wince for loading
Linux? The risk with installing the bootloader could so be avoided!
Why can't the old bootloader be used?

A lot of questions and unfortunately only a few answers!
 
Regards Ingo

Michael Opdenacker schrieb:

> Marcus, all,
>
> I'm about to receive the 2210 device that I ordered. It's somewhere in
> between the retailer and my home!
>
> Marcus, have you progressed on your plans to port Linux on this device?
> I was surprised to read that "no one is currently working on it" on the
> Familiar 0.7.2 release notes. Anyway, don't hesitate to share with this
> list where you stand.
>
> I would like to join this effort too, and that's why I bought this
> device. Here are my motives:
>
> * I should be a lot of fun and a great learning opportunity doing
> this, all the more as lots of specifications are available from
> the project page (http://www.handhelds.org/projects/h2200.html)
> * This is a very attractive device in terms of features but above
> all in terms of weight and size. It really fits in your pocket! My
> Palm V was very small, but I felt very uncomfortable with its
> proprietary software. I bought an iPAQ 3970 and then got freedom,
> but it felt like going backwards as it was twice as big!
> Similarly, I find the Zauri way too big (except the A300 which
> looks tough to find and has very few expansion capabilities).
> * So, if we succeed, we will at last have the best of both worlds: a
> small, powerful and expandable device running Free Software and
> that's easy to get in a local store! Our work will be useful to
> lots of Free Software enthusiasts.
> * Doing this could could help with the porting of other devices, in
> particular those with NAND flash.
>
> I really have a lot of time to dedicate to this effort in the next
> months! By the way, I'm a heavy PDA user, and I will also try to
> contribute to the Familiar, Opie and GPE projects.
>
> Marcus' idea to start a 221x Wiki sounds very good to me. Let's do it if
> you agree. We could start by gathering information from past posts.
>
> Any new progress status is welcome! (No need to repeat things that were
> already shared on this list).
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Michael.
>
>
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