Re: Address the WM8753 directly

2010-11-08 Thread Timo Juhani Lindfors
Ed Kapitein writes: > Does anyone have pointers on how to address the hardware and its > registers etc? > I want to write the program in C and need a starting point. I think you need to write kernel space code to use it since there are shared resources like i2c that can not be used without proper

Address the WM8753 directly

2010-11-08 Thread Ed Kapitein
Hi All, I want to hack a bit on the Wolfson sound chip. The ultimate goal is to make a FR to FR modem conection, using the GSM voice band. But the first step would be to generate a sine wave and feed it to the wolfson chip. I know i can use the alsa driver, but i would like to experiment a bit b

Re: Another so suitable for freeruner?

2010-11-08 Thread urodelo
Hi. Thanks for the answer. So you both are already working on replicant? That's good. I either don't like the android license, that's because I've thought that having a "free android", as the replicant is intended for, would be nice. I personally use qtmoko and shr, but for me more choices w

Re: Another so suitable for freeruner?

2010-11-08 Thread David Lanzendörfer
>I don't know them but imho it looks worth to have a kind of >"partnership" between Replicant and openmoko community... You know GNUtoo, and he knows me. So you know someone of the project. Replicant has moved Android-only right? I'm not so fan of Android, because of it's license strategy... Have

Re: Backup "batteries" installed

2010-11-08 Thread Gennady Kupava
Hi, Benjamin and list Yesterday i followed suggestion about capacitors and installed them. Huge thanks for suggestion - one big annoyance fixed for me too! Now my time is kept while i am replacing battery without any troubles, for far i tested only few minutes of life without battery. I did some

Re: Another so suitable for freeruner?

2010-11-08 Thread urodelo
Hi Brian. They already know the FR, as we could guess. Actually they are looking for somebody willing to collaborate on that project. I'm reading they look for testers too, but I think any kind of help would be appreciated... Anybody interested? I don't know them but imho it looks worth to ha

Re: Another so suitable for freeruner?

2010-11-08 Thread Brian Kemp
Hello urodelo. If I recall correctly, Replicant folk are quite familiar w/ FreeRunner & the OpenMoko phones. They are already using the GSM interface library written by OpenMoko. It should be fairly easy to port back & collaborate. On Mon, 2010-11-08 at 15:55 +0100, urodelo wrote: > Helo communi

Another so suitable for freeruner?

2010-11-08 Thread urodelo
Helo community. Today I've read an article about a "new" so for mobile phones with android installed. Its name is Replicant (http://replicant.us/). It comes from android, and the intention of the developers is to clean android from closed source code and provide a completely free/open environ

Someone is trying to patent Quickwriting

2010-11-08 Thread Daniele Ricci
Greetings, Some weeks ago a new software for Android has come out, the 8pen: http://www.the8pen.com/ the video clearly introduces a modified/simplified version of Quickwriting, an open (ie unpatented) input method invented a few years ago. Now they are trying to put a patent on it, even on variat