I believe the best platform to run the code on is Windows. I was the only one that tried to use Linux, and it seemed had problems when I turned the iPod off without unmounting. Even when I told Linux to unmount before I turned it off, there were still problems. Windows did not have this problem.
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 9:39 AM, Stefan Krastanov < krastanov.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you. I'll get back to you at the end of next week. I hope I'll be > able > to help. > > 2009/12/13 The Seven <these...@gmx.net> > > > cmwslws code is available here: http://github.com/cmwslw/nanotron > > and it shares most of the detection code with mine, but is much cleaner. > > > > Stefan Krastanov schrieb: > > > May I see the code you used to detect the state of your Ipod. Even if > it > > is > > > not commented I can save much time just looking at it. > > > > > > 2009/12/13 The Seven <these...@gmx.net> > > > > > >> Stefan Krastanov schrieb: > > >>> Questions about > > >>> http://l4n.clustur.com/index.php/Nanotron_3000#Testing_for_freeze > > >>> > > >>> For the kernel log you are using dmesg, right? Why not clearing it > > before > > >>> every note with "sudo dmesg -c"? > > >> As dmesg -c will also return the dmesg ring buffer contents before > > >> clearing it, it's probably the best way to do it, unless you maybe > want > > >> to also be able to look at it manually... > > >>> The usb cable is connected _all_ the time, right? > > >> Yes > > >>> May I see the shell code that you are using on the PC? > > >> AFAIK tucenaber built his nanotron software based on cmwslws. However, > > >> both the arduino controller and the detection code was done by > himself, > > >> and I haven't seen him on IRC in a long time. > > >>> I still don't understand very well how are you determining the state > of > > >> the > > >>> Ipod. As far as I understand it is like this: if there is that nice > > >> message > > >>> in the kernel log you keep the note for future testing, if the > message > > is > > >>> not there you are going to the next note? > > >> We're basically looking for the ipod to either connect and immediately > > >> disconnect again (crash), or to connect but stop responding to > commands > > >> after some time (freeze), or to connect and fully enumerate (works). > > >> > > >>> Why then is someone using a light sensor to check for the backlight > of > > >> the > > >>> Ipod? > > >> My nanotron contained a light sensor because I thought that we might > > >> need it back when building the hardware, but then found a way to do > the > > >> whole detection via USB (even though I was using the platform > > >> independent approach to detect its state, by just checking whether we > > >> can access the ipods drive some seconds after it should have finished > > >> booting, and holding the disk mode combo during that time to catch it > in > > >> disk mode (recognized via timing) if it crashes). I don't think anyone > > >> has ever actually used a light sensor for the state detection :-) > > >>> Do you have those timing specs for the 3g nano? > > >> Tucenaber probably has them, but I don't think he put them into the > > wiki. > > >>> Regards > > >>> Stefan > > >> > > >> _______________________________________________ > > >> Linux4nano-dev mailing list > > >> Linux4nano-dev@gna.org > > >> https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/linux4nano-dev > > >> http://www.linux4nano.org > > >> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Linux4nano-dev mailing list > > > Linux4nano-dev@gna.org > > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/linux4nano-dev > > > http://www.linux4nano.org > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Linux4nano-dev mailing list > > Linux4nano-dev@gna.org > > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/linux4nano-dev > > http://www.linux4nano.org > > > _______________________________________________ > Linux4nano-dev mailing list > Linux4nano-dev@gna.org > https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/linux4nano-dev > http://www.linux4nano.org > _______________________________________________ Linux4nano-dev mailing list Linux4nano-dev@gna.org https://mail.gna.org/listinfo/linux4nano-dev http://www.linux4nano.org
