The problem is: This is afaik not a fix but a workaround which costs battery power. So I think there should be two kernels: One with and one without this patch.
2008/12/7 John Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Dear Community, > > Team status update: > > As in > http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2008-December/036792.html > (send/receive files via bluetooth in NEO), Erin keeps working on > bluetooth. Jeremy fixed some qtopia and location bugs, and will > continue learning more about kernel. The GTK redraw problem is fixed > now (#1946) so Julian will be back to help with the Paroli edje files > and keeps working on python. Olv is having kernel fun now, but since > it's gta03 related, you probably won't see him a lot on the public > kernel list. Tick mostly worked on opkg this week. Basically there > are two big issues: > > * Incorrect behavior: as Tick indicated on devel list, there are still > some logical error in opkg, which caused some problems during > upgrade. That's why I have to use the -force-overwrite option in my > previous upgrade howto. > > * Efficiency: opkg is obviously not very efficient, both in memory and > in speed. > > Maybe we could expect another opkg release soon. > > > Qtopia: > > OM is moving more focus to gta03 now, so my current resource for > qtopia is fairly limited. Currently the things I want to fix most > are: > > * UCSD problem > * Window focus (soft menu disappear, problems when multiple sms come > in, etc.) > * Partial import of sim contacts. > > Please suggest if anything missing and I'll arrange my priorities. > > > There are several good things worth mentioning last week: > > * The infamous WSOD (#1841) seems to be solved. It's already in > testing repo. Praise for all helped in this! > > * GTK redraw problem (#1946) solved along with similar problem in qt > with an illume patch. Thanks, Raster! > > > p.s. It seems my last update might have created an impression that > the only way to try the testing repo is to upgrade from Om2008.9. > It's not true. Another way is to flash directly from > http://downloads.openmoko.org/daily/testing/ > if you don't mind reflash the phone. > > another p.s. Someone in OM kindly reminds me that my post can create > inappropriate impressions, because although the logic is correct, the > words and tongues might be misleading. My native language is Chinese > (and I'm a master of words and tongues in Chinese), so it's kind of > difficult for me to enhance this. All I can do is encouraging you to > go ahead and ask if anything unclear, and keep in mind I'm a Taiwanese > engineer when you read this. ;) > > > Regards, > John > > _______________________________________________ > Openmoko community mailing list > community@lists.openmoko.org > http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/community > -- mfg Bumbl
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