Re: [jornada] Jornada 720 getting 2.6

Hi,

that is very cool :) Now we have Kernel 2.6 + Opie, what else would you want.

Thanks!

Any place to download the sources/image from yet? :)

- Lorant

> Hey,
>
> I have just finished the keyboard driver. This new driver does not require
> any special keymaps, it will work fine just out of the box. So keyboard
> problems will get less in the future :)
>
> regards,
> Alex
>
> On Saturday 05 February 2005 10:02, you wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > I had Opie running too. But keyboard is not working with kernel 2.4,
> > because Qt/E does not use the fb/console kbd but reads the raw keycodes.
> > The compiled-in keymap within Qt/E was for standard 101 keymap, I think.
> > And the Jornada has a special keymap. This issue should be gone with Qt/E
> > 2.3.10, according to Mickey from Opie, and the corresponding Opie parches
> > (I could only find a patch for qt/e 2.3.9 but that also seems to include
> > FB console kbd driver) because the Opie developers wrote an FB keyboard
> > driver.
> >
> > Cannot await to play with the new kernel :)
> >
> > Regards,
> > Lorant
> >
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > check this screenshot: http://handhelds.org/scap/port.15847.png I have
> > > opie running very well without actually adding any device specific code
> > > to opie.
> > >
> > > regards,
> > > Alex
> > >
> > > On Friday 04 February 2005 13:28, you wrote:
> > > > Wow, that is indeed *really* great News :) Thanks Alex!
> > > >
> > > > I have been trying to get Opie running on the J720 with 2.4 Kernel
> > > > lately - almost succeeded after a week, I hope. Just building. Sadly
> > > > I have no Hardware that can build OpenEmbedded.
> > > >
> > > > There seems to be a Qt/E patch for 2.3.10 to support FB keyboard -
> > > > that would at least save the effort of rewriting internal Qt keymaps
> > > > or fiddle with zkbapplet.
> > > >
> > > > I hope that your work will also run on J720s w/o flash rom :)
> > > >
> > > > Bye,
> > > >
> > > > Lorant
> > > >
> > > > > Hi,
> > > > >
> > > > > As I have finally received a Jornada 720 to play with, I have
> > > > > started a kernel 2.6 port for the 720.
> > > > >
> > > > > Things I already have working:
> > > > > - Framebuffer with contrast and brightness control over sysfs
> > > > > - Touchscreen
> > > > > - rs232
> > > > > - flash (flashboard required)
> > > > > - pcmcia/cf
> > > > >
> > > > > things remaining:
> > > > > - keyboard
> > > > > - sound
> > > > > - power management
> > > > > - irda
> > > > >
> > > > > I guess that those things won't take much time to get them going. I
> > > > > have already bootet an OpenEmbedded image successfully. I have
> > > > > completely rewritten the framebuffer and touchscreen interface to
> > > > > adapt them to the new kernel 2.6 structure.
> > > > >
> > > > > kind regards,
> > > > > Alex Lange
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Received on Sat Feb 05 2005 - 08:18:18 EST