Just thought I'd point out that the video decoding abilities of the D3 have nothing to do with the dual ARM *application* cores - video decoding is handled using a separate codec acceleration core and a DSP core, aka in 'hardware'. The OMAP4 has far more than just 2 cores, more like 6 or 7 cores with various specialized tasks.
Personally, if my OG Droid had more RAM and didn't thrash every time I unlocked the screen, this D3 would be sitting in a box some where. I'd much rather have a device that is well supported by the community than having a extra, faster cores.
As for kexec - getting it to load a custom kernel on the D3 now that it's been done elsewhere should be trivial - as far as kexec is concerned, the D3 is identical to every other OMAP4 phone out there. It's building that custom kernel that will be a challenge. More specifically, the software that runs on those other cores (aka 'firmware') is closed source so we can not build it ourselves to function properly with an ICS kernel. It's not an impossible hurdle, it'll just require a bit of effort. Unfortunately, I worry that development for the D3 is stagnant with the market being loaded with more interesting devices...
Personally, if my OG Droid had more RAM and didn't thrash every time I unlocked the screen, this D3 would be sitting in a box some where. I'd much rather have a device that is well supported by the community than having a extra, faster cores.
As for kexec - getting it to load a custom kernel on the D3 now that it's been done elsewhere should be trivial - as far as kexec is concerned, the D3 is identical to every other OMAP4 phone out there. It's building that custom kernel that will be a challenge. More specifically, the software that runs on those other cores (aka 'firmware') is closed source so we can not build it ourselves to function properly with an ICS kernel. It's not an impossible hurdle, it'll just require a bit of effort. Unfortunately, I worry that development for the D3 is stagnant with the market being loaded with more interesting devices...