linux is booting, now what?

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Hi all (again)...

I've successfully booted linux on the xda using linexec. linexec is basically a pocketpc app which acts like a "bootloader". It's originally written for xscale/iPAQ H1900 series, and I ported it back to strongarm a bit. Kind of an exciting moment when I saw the kernel booting and working.


I've built a pretty minimal kernel base on the config for the iPAQ 36/3800 series. It currently boots, using a initrd image as root, giving me a serial console, with a shell. The screen isn't working yet (as expected) with both the 36 and 3800 screen support.


Now I'm wondering, for those who's been poking the xda, how much technical information have we found out with the xda so far? (ASIC, GPIO, etc?)

For example, there's this page i found that someone has maybe started on some work in the linux kernel to support the xda. How is that going? (Is Job de Haas actually around here in this forum, btw? How is the bootloader going?)


Right now I'm basically poking around the xda under linux, trying to find out more about, playing with /dev/mem and stuff. I'm quite sure there're people here who can do this kind of hardware poking much better than I do (I'm pretty much a software engineer only).


Any input/directions/suggestions/plan will be good.


Pigeon.

Some very tiny progress on getting the screen working here...

http://pigeond.net/photos/xda-linux/

Screen is working almost perfectly...

Excellent Work!

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I love Linux. Getting it to work on the XDA will be fantastic. I dinked around with the iPaq version from http://handhelds.org

Keep up the good work. Perhaps I can lend a hand, although, I too, am more of a software person. But I like getting my hands dirty. Maybe you can start a project on sourceforge???

linux on xda: please start a mailing-list

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I think it would be the best to start a mailing list.
Therefore all people who are interested in linux on xda can be informed about new stuff.
It will help to find people with specific knowledge, whith a small mailing-entry.

Seems, that the sources for this project are in sourceforge

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Here is the Link ...

http://sourceforge.net/projects/xanadux/

who is able to start or continue the job.
I am also willing to help, but not familar with linux at all.

Right now linux on xda is nowhere near done.

Current status in short: linux is booting, got a serial console, lcd screen is working but not blanking and backlight, no touchscreen yet either. Internal flash seems to be detected properly. That's about it.

I myself now is busy trying to understand the xda bootloader code itself. I know there are a couple of other people who have been doing the same thing to both the bootloader and the radio stack.

Let's hope we'll get more and more stuff going

:lol:

How to help? Where to coordinate the activities?

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It seems, that you personaly got it to run! Perfect! :P
So probably there is starting point for beginners to start and come to the same application level as you are with your project. Than whe can start to help you by your work and the just open jobs .... (Project-Page in Web with documentations, OpenTodo's, Mailing-List, FAQ, CVS and so on).

This would help to cordinate the activities !

Perhaps, if there is such Project-Page, people with knowledge about the open topics can be found much easier.

I am also willing to help, but don't know where to start.