Hello, Some of you may have spotted me on IRC a few days ago asking about the mainline kernel and support for the jz4730, as opposed to the jz4720 and jz4740 that are already supported and whose support is working (with some extra patches) for the Ben NanoNote.
Since asking for general advice, I've put together some patches that compile but don't actually get the jz4730-based device to boot, and I posted them to the mailing list related to that device: http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/lenny400/2015-April/000041.html The start of the thread is here, with some more description about what I did and the possible differences between the jz4730 and jz4740: http://lists.goldelico.com/pipermail/lenny400/2015-April/000038.html At the moment, I'm really looking for advice about things I might have done wrong or have forgotten to do, more technical than procedural. I don't write Linux kernel stuff normally, having only dabbled with some drivers a few years ago, so whilst things like coding style, not using the "right" git command to output diffs, failure to know Linus Torvalds' shirt size, and so on, are all useful to remedy in the longer term, I'd be more interested in people pointing out that I forgot to initialise something vital that might make a visible difference in the shorter term. Anyway, I hope the somewhat diminishing enthusiasm of someone willing to look at Linux on the jz47xx series is encouraging enough for someone reading this to take a look! Paul _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
