Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] status update 17.02.03

[Chandan K. [home] <ch...@to...>]

> Since the initial patch I've committed two changes.  The most
> interesting one is some fix-ups to the frame buffer (LCD) driver. 
> Firstly the annoying flashes on startup are gone but even better the
> performance has increased dramatically (so much so that now with the
> intel MP3 player I'm no longer getting any play glitches!!).  The second

This is great. I will immediately give it a spin !

> That pretty much covers whats gone so far.  For the next short while I
> plan on continuing with the firewire controller.  If anyone has
> suggestions on how integrate things like the remote control or power
> management I'd be happy to hear them.Here is just a clue towards the power management. I made a small change to the 
reboot_to_diskmode():

>	/* do special startup? */
>	outl(0, 0x40017f10);
>
>	/* reset */
>	outl(inl(0xcf005030) | 0xb, 0xcf005030);

And found that this caused the ipod to 'freeze'. It didnt respond to any key strokes. The 
LCD display froze at what was just displayed and CPU froze too. The only way to get out of 
this is the '2 finger salute' (menu + play for a few seconds). Not sure, but the this
may be part of the power management.

-Chandan