Re: [iPAQ] joing the h5550 effort

Hello,

> Further to the recent post on joining the 2210 effort ..
> I have a h5550 and would like to assist in making the familiar port to
> this device .. could you tell me how I could assist .. have some c
> experience and linux systems operating at home so could do some cross
> compilation ..

This sounds perfect, i think all ports to newer iPaqs could need some
help. With some experiance in cross development you should get along
quite fast :-) For kernel 2.4 use the GCC 3.3.1 toolchain...

> I have been following the postings on the h5xxx port in this
> reflector.. and it seems there is still a bit of a risk of bricking
> things in the process of porting .. given I only have one h5550 I am a
> bit hesitant to dive in too soon ... also .. much as I hate to say it

I think the danger of bricking the iPaq is not that high, except you
flash a wrong bootloader. But it looks like restoring Pocket PC seems to
be a little bit tricky at the moment. We have a H5550 running with linux
here and it starts to become useful :-)

> .. the handwriting recognition on the wince platform is actually
> pretty good and I'm not sure the linux option can currently
> compete ... I would be happy to assist with getting it there though.

With the handwriting recognition you are right, but it might be a good
idea too train and test rosetta - i think Ole appreciates some feedback
and suggestions :-)

Greetings

Florian

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