Dave Ball wrote: > Max wrote: >> Are there plans to change uSD placeholder? > > No - changing uSD holder isn't part of the GTA02-core plans. > > In GTA02-core the intention is that the uSD card contains the full OS > image including kernel. The NAND will only contain QI, and the > expectation is that QI won't need to be re-flashed regularly. > GTA02-core can't start if the card is missing, and there's no > possibility of swapping out the card while the phone is switched on. > > Thus the uSD is rather like a standard PC's OS hard drive, and rather > unlike 'removable' media types. > > This is how some folk are using the uSD at the moment, with one or > multiple distro images on an uSD card. Upgrading a distribution, or > fixing a broken install is then possible by removing the uSD and > mounting it in a regular PC, without necessarily re-flashing through > dfu. With GTA02-core, each distro can have a kernel (& modules etc) > it's matched to, because the kernel is part of the distro's filesystem > image. This also means that our "internal storage" is upgradable, as > new uSD devices become economical etc. > > One thought is that future phones should include two uSD cards - one > 'internal' for OS/kernel etc. and one that is 'removable' for data > storage/exchange - although this is out of scope for GTA02-core.
Or having a special USB HUB for the OpenMoko device that simultaneously can: - charge your device (via USB to laptop or via charger) by connecting master devices - connect slave devices as memory sticks and keyboards - connect with mini USB to the OpenMoko device and normal USB to master and sleve devices > > > > All the best, > > Dave > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community _______________________________________________ Openmoko community mailing list community@lists.openmoko.org http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community