On Thu, Jan 30, 2014 at 12:44:50PM +0100, Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli wrote: > On Thu, 30 Jan 2014 11:54:40 +0100 > Mike Crash <m...@mikecrash.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > last two years I was busy with other private stuff, now I have > > returned to my old projects and also my Neo. I have completely > > rewritten my software and I want to compile it for Neo. But new > > software is not compatible with old kernel (for example udev). > > > > I have tried to boot up Neo and what a surprice, everything works as 2 > > years ago. Only battery has half of capacity... > > > > I want to ask if there was some progress in support of Neo Freerunner > > in stock kernel. > There is some support for it in mainline, I'm not sure that it's enough > to suit your usecase, beside patches to fix some gta02-specific issues > or patch that should have been submited to mainline that weren't, some > drivers are not in mainline: > * The glamo driver. > * The wifi driver: I've been told that the mainline ath6kl was very > different from the one in the freerunner, and that it was because > the firmware of the very early ath6k of the freerunner was very > different. > > > I still use old 2.6.29 with openmoko modifications, > > is it possible to use kernel 3.13? > No idea, you have to try it out, be sure to get a debug board for that: > 1) configure(stuff like make ARCH=arm xconfig/menuconfig for instance) > the kernel for the gta02, by looking at the existing configurations of > the lastest kernel > 2) compile and run it > 3) you'll have no display working at that point, so that's why you > really need the serial console at first. > 4) forward-port the patches specific to the GTA02 and the missing > drivers. > In order to have to do it only once, do that with mainlining in mind, > and do use the devicetree. mainline the patches. > > > I don't need phone functionality, > > only display, > That requires the glamo, so you'll have to forward port the glamo > driver at least. > > audio > That driver is in mainline, but maybe without devicetree bindings. > > > and gps. > Shouldn't be too hard to mainline, assuming you choose the right > framwork for it. if I remember well, it's just some gpio toggling, and > that can even been done in userspace if mainling that is difficult. > > I have looked around, there are some Neo > > stuff in stock kernel, but I don't know, if it is usable. > Last news I have, which is really old, is that SHR had the most recent > kernels in their meta-smartphone layer, but I'm unsure if that's used > or not.
2.6.39 is used in meta-smartphone "shr" branch, 3.2 has few more issues but it's used in "master" branch - audio and display works fine for me, not sure about gps. Sources are in https://github.com/shr-distribution/linux branches starting with om-gta02/x.y... > > Please can > > anybody tell me, what's the situation now? Have anybody tried new > > stock kernels? > It depends on what you mean by "new", SHR had a more rencent kernel > with almost everything working beside the regulators, which means that > GPS, modem, and wifi had issues. > Since it was just some GPIOs it could have been worked arround in > userspace, like by modifying the fso plugins again. > > Denis. > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community -- Martin 'JaMa' Jansa jabber: martin.ja...@gmail.com
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