gordonb3 wrote: > As I read it this he can only make that change based on the community > version, which to me appears to imply that he uses a newer development > platform that creates incompatible binaries. I'm not yet willing to go > that way so I'm currently investigating a different route. As my armv5te > development machine originally came with a Debian Squeeze based OS, > which seems to be what the Squeezeboxes are based on as well, I did some > digging and found the original install image. I'll need to change some > parameters as Squeeze is obviously archived now and I will need > build-essentials to get me going, but I should then be able to compile > the squeezeplay sources to create a jive binary that is compatible with > my Radio. > > In the meantime I have submitted a pull request to Ralph's fork to be > included in the community build. The change is of course currently > untested on the actual platform but I'm certain it will solve the sign > change in the LUA part of squeezeplay.
The community builds are as close as we can get to the original firmware in terms of binary compatibility. A community jive binary will run on the stock firmware provided the fdk-aac decoder is linked static and libraries too. Several of the components of the logitech firmware do not have source code available. The community firmware (CF) git repositories have incorporated work arounds for the missing bits. See the 'community firmware thread' (https://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?113479-Announce-Community-Firmware-for-Squeezebox-Radio-Touch-Controller-and-LMS-8) for all the details. I'm not certain the statement that the original firmware was based on debian squeeze is accurate. It was released in Feb 2011 and the controller development, the first logitech product based on the jive platform started around Aug 2007. That's the first commit date to the logitech squeezeos repo and then switched to the poky environment around Jul 2008. The poky/bitbake environment currently used to build the jive platform firmware, which is now called yocto is a custom linux distribution. I have seen the pull request, it was submitted to the multiplatform squeezeplay repo, not the one I use for the CF builds. But that's okay, I will build a jive binary compatible with both stock and CF with the change, without committing the PR so we can test the possible performance and functionality impacts. Ralphy *1*-Touch, *5*-Classics, *3*-Booms, *2*-UE Radio 'Squeezebox client builds' (https://sourceforge.net/projects/lmsclients/files/) 'donations' (https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=LL5P6365KQEXN&lc=CA&item_name=Squeezebox%20client%20builds¤cy_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_SM%2egif%3aNonHosted) always appreciated. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ ralphy's Profile: http://forums.slimdevices.com/member.php?userid=3484 View this thread: http://forums.slimdevices.com/showthread.php?t=111650 _______________________________________________ Radio mailing list Radio@lists.slimdevices.com http://lists.slimdevices.com/mailman/listinfo/radio
