Hello Paul, Paul Sokolovsky a écrit : > Hello Pierre, > > Friday, January 19, 2007, 1:09:29 PM, you wrote: > >> What about using the debian tools to build all that stuff and run a >> debian distribution on Axims ? >> > > Pierre, I encourage you to finish what you've started first: > cleanup kernel patches, and submit them to CVS. Otherwise, you risk to > fall in the same trap lots of ports has fallen during the last > several years. Making a complete Linux system for handheld is titanic > work and no single man can do it. I agree :-) The reasons I am looking to debian are : - using (em)debian stuff, it could be quite easy to (re-)build the initrd and root filesystem - I would be more comfortable with a support filesystem to debug drivers. - I am already using debian on IXP ans MIPS boxes.
Anyway, a first "structural only" kernel patch is almost ready for X50/X51 family. "Structural only" because as I do not understand why a lot of code is ASIC3 based in the x50 code I got, I removed all that stuff. If someone could explain to me why the x50 code was ASIC3 based, it would be great... > But it's very tempting and that's > the reason why after so many years of work, there're only 2 ports > based on not outdated kernel and running well enough to call them > "production" - iPaqs hx4700 and h2200. > > And don't trust me - trust JeDi, I guess he's message is pretty > insightful regarding this - if many things worked half-year ago, and > don't work now, and it's hard to remember details, something needs to > be changed in process. That's exactly why we have common CVS (ah > sorry, migration to something more nice is in queue ;-)) for all > ports and contributors to cooperate, and ease maintenance burden. > > > Regarding userspace, I second suggestions to use OpenEmbedded. It > is indeed provides distributions suitable for handhelds (both in terms > of functionality and size), it already supports whole bunch of > PocketPCs, and it is easy to add new - both technically and > organizationally. > I will have a look to it. Pierre
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