Hi there! Starting from 2.6.31, the upstream Linux kernel contains basic Openmoko GTA02 Neo FreeRunner support. Unfortunately, there is still need for an external patch which I hope will be included in the final 2.6.31: http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.comp.handhelds.openmoko.kernel/10089/focus=10112 http://marc.info/?l=linux-arm-kernel&m=125020931711953&w=2 During DebConf9, there were various discussions about the kernel name for the Samsung S3C devices, together with Gaudenz Steinlin, Riku Voipio, Martin Michlmayr and Vincent Sanders, who suggested "s3c": http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503292#17 Another discussion took place on the debian-boot mailing list: http://lists.debian.org/debian-boot/2009/07/msg00853.html Gaudenz and me tried to find a "internal" consensus about the name in private mails and we set on "s3c24xx" for the following reasons: -> the possible options are s3c24xx, s3c2410, s3c -> all s3c24xx devices are currently supported by the same kernel subarch http://armlinux.simtec.co.uk/kautobuild/2.6.31-rc6/s3c2410_defconfig.html -> not all s3cxxxx devices are supported though, see s3c6400, so s3c is not an appropriate name http://armlinux.simtec.co.uk/kautobuild/2.6.31-rc6/s3c6400_defconfig.html -> the kernel calls the corresponding defconfig s3c2410, but this seems too specific, as it actually supports more than only s3c2410 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=503292#10 Is there any strong opposition to "s3c24xx"? If no one will complain in one week from now, I will prepare a new unofficial kernel for the pkg-fso repository, named "2.6.29-1-s3c24xx" (this kernel version and ABI are not important ATM). BTW, if the missing patch will be accepted in 2.6.31, Debian can build an official kernel that can at least boot on the Openmoko GTA02, thus debian-installer development can officially continue :-) Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca
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