Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] bootloader? new kernel?

[PALFFY D. <dpa...@ra...>]

On Mon, 10 Nov 2003, David Piasecki wrote:

> Dani,
>
> That's terrific that you got a bootloader working! After reading the
> list archives more carefully, now I think I see why my install wasn't
> working. I didn't disable the firewire.

Please try the next version too, it should be much better.

> Kind of a side note to what you guys are working on, but I'd like to
> attempt an update of the kernel to version 2.6. The latest uClinux
> patch (2.6.0-test4) does not have the armnommu supported. Can you offer
> any advice with regard to what is involved in porting uClinux for the
> 2.6 kernel to the g3 iPod?

I didn't look at it yet. Even if we had an armnommu patch for 2.6, we
should convert many drivers to new APIs... So I think it's not for the
faint of heart... I know the framebuffer, the input layer and soundcard
support has changed much. Also, you should look at the generic parts of
{arch/,include/asm-}m68knommu to have an ide about what the generic arch
stuff changed.

> Also, how are you able to look at the firmware? It just seems like a
> binary file to me, but I assume there is some way to take a look inside
> if you guys are able to look at it for clues.

Take the part of the binary you want to look at (using dd), and
$ arm-elf-objdump -D -b binary -m arm -z binary_file
to see the assembly dump.

--
Dani
			...and Linux for all.