Re: Gigabyte-class SD [or MMC or MMCplus] cards
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:kw@w-m-p.com]
> >>>Sent: Tuesday, March 08, 2005 3:59 PM
> >>>To: Tony Godshall
> >>>Cc: debian-handheld@lists.debian.org
> >>>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?
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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