Very much appreciated, thanks. the obvious suggestion for the right person would be to have your reply as a readme file in the folder...
Fernando Helge Hafting wrote: > Fernando Martins wrote: > >> I would like to try SHR but there are plenty of images in SHR image >> folder. Which files should I get for flashing? >> > > The latest is what you want, but of course there are several "latest" > images too. At this time of writing, the latest is dated dec.16 and > dec.17. The images dated dec.17 don't seem to be newer, the upload > must have happened around midnight. > > Some of them are described here: > http://trac.shr-project.org/trac/wiki/Get Started > This describes the difference between the "lite" image and > the image that isn't "lite". Basically, "lite" has fewer apps. > > So most users don't want "lite", unless they want it as a basis > for customization. > > > Images with "gta02" in them are for the neo freerunner, images > with "gta01" in them are for the older neo 1973. > > Images with very short names, such as > "shr-image-om-gta02.jffs2" are just links to images with longer names. > See the file sizes to see just which ones. > > Files with "rootfs" in their names are root file systems (contains > standard linux software and distribution apps). This gives you three > files to choose from for a freerunner, assuming you don't want "lite": > > openmoko-shr-image-glibc-ipk--20081216-om-gta02.rootfs.jffs2 > openmoko-shr-image-glibc-ipk--20081216-om-gta02.rootfs.jffs2.summary > openmoko-shr-image-glibc-ipk--20081215-om-gta02.rootfs.tar.gz > > The ".tar.gz" file is not an image for flashing. It is simply an archive > with all the files. It is useful in that you can extract the > files on a pc easily. You may then copy single files to the freerunner > in order to fix a botched customization without having to reflash. If > you have customized over several weeks, then perhaps you don't want to > reflash and start from scratch. > > Both of the other two works. The "summary" file is slightly bigger, but > is preferable. I have no idea why - but was told so. > > > You also need a linux kernel image, in addition to the root file system. > Kernel images all start with "uImage". The name contain "gta01" or > "gta02", depending on what phone they are for. Simply get the > newest that is correct for your phone. > > You may also want a "modules" file. If you get one, get the one > that matches your kernel. If your kernel has "oe03" and "gta02" in > the name, then so should the module file. The "git" part of the > name should match too. Modules are extra drivers. You don't > need them right away, I haven't bothered yet. You may need them if you > want to do something slightly unusal, such as connecting USB devices > to the phone. > > module files aren't images for flashing, you unpack them on the phone > using linux commands, after you have the SHR image running normally. > > Helge Hafting > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > > _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community
