Linux on HP iPAQ hx4700 series
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Introduction
This Wiki is a whiteboard for the project to run Linux on the HP iPAQ hx4700 series PDAs. hx4700 is one of the flagship ports of Handhelds.org, suitable for everyday, production use. In large part success of the port is due to involvement of developers from ![[WWW]](/moin/handhelds/img/moin-www.png){kind=small}
SDG Systems.
The port is based on the 2.6 Linux kernel and now officially supported by Familiar 0.8.4. There are also "starter kits" available at http://sdgsystems.com/pub/ipaq/hx4700/starterkit/, as well as images with additional support directly from the port maintainers.
Port status: 2007-05-27
Hardware support status code: A+
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| Boot process (all ticks required for D status) | |||||
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| Boot-critical hardware (all ticks required for C status) | |||||
| Basic hardware |
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| USB to host |
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RNDIS now works too | |||
| SD-MMC/PCMCIA(CF) |
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| Display |
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| Basic PDA hardware/use (all ticks required for B status) | |||||
| Buttons |
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Cases of rare "stuck key" syndrome reported (due to navpoint) | |||
| Touchscreen |
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| Suspend/Resume |
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| Battery control |
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| APM status |
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| Backlight |
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| GUI launching - GPE/OPIE |
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| Advanced PDA hardware/use (all ticks required for A status) | |||||
| Sound |
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| Flash memory |
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| IrDA |
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| LEDs |
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| Bootloader |
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| Full hardware support (all ticks required for A+ status) | |||||
| Bluetooth |
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| Wifi |
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Has suspend/resume issues, no WPA yet | |||
For the official Handhelds.org status, please see the HX4700 Status Page (note - may be outdated). Latest updates to that document can be found in this wiki.
Mailing List
If you are interested in running Linux on hx4700, please subscribe to the hx4700-port mailing list. This is the official place to receive the latest information about the port, and discuss its usage. You can also search this wiki for "hx4700" for more information. If you learn something useful, make sure to incorporate it into the wiki so that others can learn from you experiences. It's super easy!
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List home page: http://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/hx4700-port (subscribe here)
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List archives: http://handhelds.org/hypermail/hx4700-port/current/
Google is a great way to search archived messages from the mailing list simply use the below syntax in a Google search box:
your-seach-term-here site:http://handhelds.org/hypermail/hx4700-port/Or, to search the Familiar mailing list try:
your-search-term-here site:http://handhelds.org/hypermail/familiar/
The porting effort
People involved
(Alphabetical order)
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Aric Blumer (USA)
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Todd Blumer (USA)
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Jamey Hicks (USA)
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Michael Opdenacker (France)
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Matthew Reimer
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Anton Vorontsov
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