Re: [jornada] Jornada 720 getting 2.6

Hi,

this will still take some time. Important bits like power management are still
missing.

regards
Alex

On Saturday 05 February 2005 11:36, you wrote:
> 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 - 08:24:47 EST