[PRJ] Announce: Wing Linux 0.4pre4 Released

[darkstar62]

All,

Wing Linux version 0.4pre4 (development) has been released to our project page at:

http://wing-linux.sf.net

Wing Linux is a project devoted to Linux and Android on OMAP850-based devices. Currently, our project has support for the following devices:


HTC Artemis (preliminary)
HTC Elf / Elfin
HTC Excalibur
HTC Gene
HTC Herald
HTC Opal
HTC Pharos
HTC Prophet
HTC Wizard


Other devices may work too -- Give it a try!

We have Android 1.5 (Cupcake) and Angstrom 2007.12 running on these devices, with keyboard / buttons, backlights, bluetooth, GSM/GPRS working in various states on all devices. The best supported devices are the Wizard and the Herald, but others work well too. See detailed device status at:

http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/wing-linux/wiki/Devices

Features from 0.4pre3 include:


Provisioning patch added so Android can receive calls on first boot
New AT&T APN support
New board support for HTC Opal, Pharos, and Excalibur
Fixed reset_ts functionality so it doesn't loop forever
Video rotation on keyboard slide fixed for Wizard and many others
New keybindings for Elf and Elfin
Fixed SD card mounting in Android
Added new fake battery driver so no more /sys_dev cludge is needed to boot Android
Lots of miscellaneous bug fixes


- darkstar62

[pongothemagnificent]

Trying it out on my tornado, im going to try the excalibur config this time :P, wish me luck xD.

[pongothemagnificent]

IT WORK'T =D, im on android, but all the buttons are mess up,anyways il join wing-linux tomorrow so we can sort this out :P

[cornelha]

boots 1st time on my Wizard. Brilliant work thank you so much. Cant wait to see what happens next with this project

[cornelha]

could this be of use for the audio ? http://open-nandra.com/2009/05/repository-for-omap850-audio-driver/

Seems a port of the audio driver to 2.6 kernel. If audio could work i would happily use android as my default system. Im going to test booting using the EOL bootloader from the linwizard page. Hopefully we see some speed improvements also

[coebergh]

So is this just a cab file that you can install on your SD card or is it a whole new OS? And if it's a cab, can you uninstall it too? Want to see how it works on omnia but dont wanna mess up my phone :P

[d3sm0nd]

Why porting Linux/Android to so old devices? What's the point? On the other side nobody is working to port Android to HTC Topaz/Rhodium.

[darkstar62]

So is this just a cab file that you can install on your SD card or is it a whole new OS? And if it's a cab, can you uninstall it too? Want to see how it works on omnia but dont wanna mess up my phone :P

It installs as an add-on to your existing programs, no replacement at all. So you can uninstall it if you like. When you start it, Windows is replaced in memory by Linux until you reboot again. Then, you're back in Windows.

Why porting Linux/Android to so old devices? What's the point? On the other side nobody is working to port Android to HTC Topaz/Rhodium.

Well, mainly because we have these old devices, and very few people have the Topaz/Rhodium. Also, it's fun!

- d

[Ather]

Why porting Linux/Android to so old devices? What's the point? On the other side nobody is working to port Android to HTC Topaz/Rhodium.
old is gold...


Edit : will try this on my Wizard, eventhough i have a G1, still fun to play on teh wizard :D

[domineus]

it loads on my sister's wing!
get this on touch pro 2 lol and ty for the hard work

[トロワ]

please port to rhodium/touch pro 2 thanks!

[numaverick]

works for win 6.5?... how to install?, works fakecursor (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=910234&postcount=15)?

cuz.. my touchscreen do not work more :(

thx...

... hmm... I had those anwers... :)

[crsskynet]

Works on my herald... But needs a long time to boot the android... about 3-4min until ready...