GOOD NEWS for linux on omap850(HTC Wizard)

[mosfet]

Hi,

I am regularly watching linux-omap mailing list and today someone post a patch that adds support to omap850.
Patch is available here :

http://source.mvista.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-omap-2.6.git;a=blob;h=6a9b75776bc781c713b9905a058b8193f c4eaf0b;hb=bb236d9666442f98d955000abbb1b88d59ae42d 4;f=arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-fsample.c
http://source.mvista.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-omap-2.6.git;a=blob;h=c0399906636ea5ffaa71b06440dd4c808 5a6fe76;hb=bb236d9666442f98d955000abbb1b88d59ae42d 4;f=include/asm-arm/arch-omap/board-fsample.h

it would be interesting to checkout the tree in a few days and check this patch.

Another thing, recently I try haret on TI omap but omap wasn't supported because haret is using the bad registry to identify cpu.
On the ML someone was asking the following :

Is the OMAP850 currently detected exactly like the 730 via the JTAG ID (see
> > arch/arm/mach-omap1/id.c)

Maybe it could help.

Unfortunately I don't have time to work on it and I am not skilled enough in linux dev. to work on this but I can help developpers.

In a few days we should be able to download the linux kernel with omap850 support at this address : http://linux.omap.com/
I will keep you informed.

[tsiros]

TI says that the OMAP is a processor that supports LINUX. So we know it can run linux, already, except if HTC has done something to make things very difficult.

(there is also RiscOS that can run on ARM9 devices... lol... )

[htcblaze]

Well, they say linux because the ARM9 core is supported by linux. The problem would lie in the fact this is a SOC (system on chip), the chip has many other system devices built into it. Now, and Joe Shmoe can go and write drivers for the internal circuits. TI doesn't want to give out the info needed to write these drivers unless you buy the chip. This chip isn't like any other chip you can go to Arrow.com and buy. I'm not that great of a coder, so I have to wait for the support to appear. I'm happy to it did, there may be hope for the EDGE modem...?

[ngavarta]

Hi there,


May I know how do I beneficial (in terms of building a 2.6.2x kernel for OMAP850) from the following patch?

Regards,
Avatar Ng
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Hi,

I am regularly watching linux-omap mailing list and today someone post a patch that adds support to omap850.
Patch is available here :

http://source.mvista.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-omap-2.6.git;a=blob;h=6a9b75776bc781c713b9905a058b8193f c4eaf0b;hb=bb236d9666442f98d955000abbb1b88d59ae42d 4;f=arch/arm/mach-omap1/board-fsample.c
http://source.mvista.com/git/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-omap-2.6.git;a=blob;h=c0399906636ea5ffaa71b06440dd4c808 5a6fe76;hb=bb236d9666442f98d955000abbb1b88d59ae42d 4;f=include/asm-arm/arch-omap/board-fsample.h

it would be interesting to checkout the tree in a few days and check this patch.

Another thing, recently I try haret on TI omap but omap wasn't supported because haret is using the bad registry to identify cpu.
On the ML someone was asking the following :

Is the OMAP850 currently detected exactly like the 730 via the JTAG ID (see
> > arch/arm/mach-omap1/id.c)

Maybe it could help.

Unfortunately I don't have time to work on it and I am not skilled enough in linux dev. to work on this but I can help developpers.

In a few days we should be able to download the linux kernel with omap850 support at this address : http://linux.omap.com/
I will keep you informed.

[Max_Axe]

hi,
I've ann Elf with omap850 :D
yeah it's a good news!

but in a few days what can i Download on this site? only the kernel? the interface?

[Max_Axe]

news??? :(

[Max_Axe]

up :)

other news?

[cyberblue80]

how i install Android on HTC Elf? i try a lot of version but i have always the same problem... white screen and stop. :(

[seferismo]

??? still in progress for omap850?

[Paul_Days]

I hope so....I'm willing to start a bounty, if we can get Android on the OMAP (ELFin), it would be genius.

Paul

[hovie]

I'm really looking forward to it, pleaaaase, port it, pleaaaase.