(i'm terribly sorry for butting in, but i'm in the same situation - wanting to work on the power stuff that seems fairly important -)
Jim Gettys wrote: > On Sat, 2007-03-24 at 02:52 -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote: > >> Chris Ball writes: >> >>> There's still plenty of work to be done -- the kernel is coming back, >>> but not all of the devices (USB, MMC, DCON, camera) are yet. >>> >> Most of us can't help even if we have the skills, desire, and time. >> >> Note that there is still no public documentation of the DCON. >> That's a rather important chip. >> same problem here. I've been mostly hacking and getting up to speed on many different aspects, but lacking proper doc'n, am finding it difficult to focus. And i called in to the power mgt telecon, but had to catch a plane and had to disconnect after 20 minutes. > I'll see if I can dig up a current version early next week. > that would be great! >> The camera is mostly undocumented, particularly the custom interface. >> > > The CaFE specification is almost available; maybe the coming week. > again! >> The MMC interface appears to be undocumented; there are suggestions >> that the protocol itself (not your interface) may be partially public. >> > > The SD interface is really very close to the public SD association > specs. There is one additional power savings tweak we'll have to do. > >> With neither USB nor DCON, it looks like a serial port would be needed. >> I can't find the soldering instructions or part list. >> > > We've eco'ed a limited number of systems to add back a serial connector > and fix the dcon pulldown. How serious are you at really working on > power management? > afaic, i wouldn't mind doing the mod myself - it sounds like it's an unpopulated header, and my soldering skills - even smt - should be ok for it, but there's no doc'n on it, and the schems are private. i'll readily admit that i have less than 20hr/wk to give, but i'll also admit i haven't been super productive on the hours i did give so far. -- Eric St-Jean Systems Architect ______________________________________ Jeppesen Commercial & Military Aviation Making Every Mission Possible _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list [email protected] http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
