On 2/21/07, Patrick McNamara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Simon wrote:
> As an ambivalent owner of a Nokia 770 (OMAP 1710, C55x DSP) I don't
> think that TI would release the hardware docs under conditions that
> would allow someone to support it with free software (they certainly
> didn't for Nokia).
The newer OMAP chips run are capable of running a Linux software stack.
The necessary changes to the Linux kernel are contributed as necessary.
There may very well be some binary blob drivers for certain
"peripherals", especially when you start talking about the cell
subsystems, but the information is more available than you might expect.
It's hard to tell whether Nokia chose to close things up themselves,
or whether they did it because of TI. There is some closed DSP stuff,
but maybe the only reason they didn't open it was because they didn't
see the point. AFAIK, the only option for targeting the DSP is to use
TI's proprietary IDE. There's also a bunch of other stuff they didn't
open, hardware related or otherwise, see
http://repository.maemo.org/stable/2.2/maemo-packages--2.2.html
Also, I'm aware of their ability to run Linux, since that's what comes
with the Nokia 770. It was the deciding factor in my purchase. The
hardware is nice, but I'm not sure I'd have gotten one if it ran
something else, since I can't stand anything Windows related, and Palm
OS is a rather antiquated affair that I'm never going to learn how to
develop for. I can't say it would be worth my time, considering where
Palm OS is headed.
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