Thanks for the pointer! I'll go browse the OE mailing list archives.
2.6 is interesting to me because it has integrated the uC-Linux options for making kernels extra-small for embedded systems. According to Dow Hurst, > There are a few people running 2.6 on the C7x series. Check the kernels > available on openembedded. > Dow > > > Tony Godshall wrote: > > >According to Brown, Aaron F, > > > > > >> > >> > >>>-----Original Message----- > >>>From: Klaus Weidner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 3:59 PM > >>>To: Tony Godshall > >>>Cc: [email protected] > >>>Subject: Re: Gigabyte-class SD [or MMC or MMCplus] cards > >>> > >>>On Tue, Mar 08, 2005 at 03:24:03PM -0800, Tony Godshall wrote: > >>> > >>> > >>>>You mean it's not really useful as an organizer when running > >>>>even the innovative pocketworkstation.com user interface? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>That interface turns it into a miniature Debian system, but I haven't > >>>found any tools that make it useful for PIM tasks, such as address book > >>>and calendar, and syncing with a desktop machine. The Qtopia/Opie PIM > >>>tools apparently don't work in the X11 environment unless you recompile > >>>them yourself, and GPE was still mostly useless last time I checked > >>>(which was a couple of months ago). > >>> > >>> > >>I also found GPE mostly useless, at least for the PIM tasks. Overall I > >>really liked GPE, it just seemed a little rough around the edges. This > >>was also a couple of months back... One possibility is setting up a > >>dual boot environment. Something pretty close to the original Sharp ROM > >>image for PDA tasks and something more like pocket Debian for > >>experimenting and more workstation oriented tasks. But currently I am > >>just going to see if Open Embedded, www.openembedded.org, keeps me happy > >>on both fronts. > >> > >> > >> > >>>But maybe things have improved since then - if anyone can recommend > >>>specific Debian packages please do so. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>>But before I order I just want to be clear on this... if I > >>>>get SD, I won't be able to use it if I upgrade my kernel > >>>>past whatever Sharp gives me (can I run pocketworkstation > >>>>and Opie and GPE with Sharp's kernel)? > >>>> > >>>> > >>>pocketworkstation works with the Sharp kernel, don't know about the > >>>others. > >>> > >>> > >>You can run Opie and / or GPE with the OpenZaurus / OpenEmbedded kernel > >>which either is the Sharp kernel or (what I believe to be the case) uses > >>the Sharp SD/MMC driver module. There was some discussion, probably on > >>a more Zaurus centric list, of somebody writing an MMC only driver > >>module since avoiding the whole SD issue would allow it to be open > >>sourced. I don't know if anything happened with that. > >> > >> > > > >Ah, so really no kernels past Sharp's? Nobody running e.g. > >2.6.x? > > > > > > > > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- -- Tony Godshall -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
