Hi David, Am 31.03.2015 um 23:34 schrieb David Boddie <da...@boddie.org.uk>:
> On Tuesday 31. March 2015, Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller wrote: >> Am 24.03.2015 um 23:46 schrieb David Boddie <da...@boddie.org.uk>: > >>> I noticed the 3.12-wip-letux400 branch at >>> >>> http://git.goldelico.com/gta04-kernel.git >>> >>> and will look into that. >> >> Well, it is just a dummy. No real work has been done to support the Letux >> 400 in this kernel, but I would be happy to support such a project. Maybe >> we could even rebase and jump forward to 4.0-rc6 :) > > We'll see. Unfortunately, quite a lot has happened since 2.6.24.3. :-) Yes… Approx. 35 releases (with 6-8 rc each). > >>> Is that likely to be a better approach than >>> attempting to merge the changes to the 2.6.24 kernel into a later >>> release? >> >> The problem is that the jz4730 SoC isn’t supported by any official >> kernel. Just the jz4740 SoC and they have quite some differences (but also >> similarities). >> >> And, the documentation of the jz4730 did exist online but has disappeared >> a while ago. So the first step would be to collect as much about the jz4730 >> SoC as possible. >> >> Maybe you can find copies of >> http://projects.kwaak.net/twiki/bin/view/Epc700/WebHome in some wayback >> machine? > > There seem to be some documents that can be retrieved via archive.org and > also elsewhere. > >> Or someone just reading this list has archived some (or all) documents? >> >> I have uploaded what I had found a while ago: >> >> http://download.goldelico.com/letux-400/files/ > > Thanks for those. I think they will overlap what has already been found, but > it's always good to have another archive available. > >> The next step could be to extend the mips cpu support for the jz4730 in >> the kernel.org arch/mips tree (unfortunately they are not yet on DT like >> ARM which would make some things a little easier like formally describing >> the SoC). > > That's what I've been led to believe regarding the device tree work but I'm > not focusing on this myself. At the moment I'm trying to reuse work I've done > on other embedded-like systems for the user space software the minibook will > need. I'll try to keep you updated about both of these efforts. Is this > mailing list the best place for that? Yes, please do! There was another mailing list not only for the Letux 400 but all MIPS based minibooks. I don’t know if it is still alive: http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mipsbook-devel Well, the server is still up but the last message is from 2015. So let’s test: I have put it on CC so that probably the best is to write to both lists to get the broadest audience. BR, NIkolaus _______________________________________________ Mipsbook-devel mailing list Mipsbook-devel@linuxtogo.org http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mipsbook-devel
