PalmLifeDriveDownloads

Linux on Palm LifeDrive Downloads

"Insomnia" release: 2nd October 2006

The latest tested release of binaries for LifeDrive Linux is codenamed Insomnia. You can browse the files at git.hackndev.com/releases. See the How-To for instructions on which to download and how to use them.

Release notes

Do not reset while in standby! Wake up the device first. Otherwise you will get into an unresettable state and will need to either wait until the battery goes flat or reconnect it. Use this software at your own risk.

GPE tries to turn off the backlight on boot. Turn up the brightness in the screen settings applet.

New things in this release:

Cocoboot instead of Garux
Standby mode
All 3 Familiar rootfs images at once, for a change.
Keypad support in OPIE
Kernel 2.6.17
Less touchscreen glitches
HDD data partition now mounted as /media/hdd
Swapfile
Initramfs instead of initrd (more free memory)

Still missing:

Sound (user-space, the driver is there)
Networking
Battery monitor
LEDs

Thanks to all the people from the Hack&Dev, Handhelds.org, Familiar and OpenEmbedded communities who make this possible.

-- Alex

Binary snapshots

Beware: These files are autogenerated and untested, they may or may not work. They may leave your device in an unresettable state. Use at your own risk.

Cocoboot

Linux from PalmOS bootloader recommended for the LifeDrive port.

Linux kernel (coming soon)
Familiar (unofficial)

This is an unofficial build of Familiar by the LifeDrive Linux port maintainer and Hack&Dev community.

Sources

Kernel, Cocoboot

Hack&Dev subversion

Familiar

Old files

Garux

Use the CVS from http://sf.net/projects/garux/

Kernel

Use CVS from http://sf.net/projects/hackndev/

Familiar

GPE image
xmas-eve-garux.prc includes Palm IR Keyboard driver but may not work for some people.

Old kernel patches

SD/MMC support patch
LifeDrive patch has been accepted into handhelds.org CVS.
SD/MMC support & keypad driver patch

MP3 player PRC
Old kernel instructions

First grab linux/kernel26 from handhelds.org CVS.
Replace arch/arm/tools/mach-types with the latest version.
Now apply attachment:lifedrive-vs-handhelds.org-cvs.diff.gz

A couple of hacks to get around freezes. These could possibly break some functionality, it would be better to fix these problems another way.

Now change to the root kernel source directory (ie kernel26) and unpack attachment:lifedrive-mach-stuff.tgz.
Finally grab the kernel config: attachment:config.gz.
Use the kernel command-line: mem=32m lpj=4900000

PRC to test