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

[Bernard L. <le...@bo...>]

Ok, just tried that with my 2nd generation iPod and it all worked fine!

One note, in the HOWTO:

"6. Copy it back to the iPod. The file will be only the required size.
This
  is about 4.5 MB for the 2.1 Apple sw and one linux image.
                                                                                
$ sudo dd if=firmware.bin of=/dev/sda1"

This should say if=my_sw.bin not if=firmware.bin.

Regarding the 2.6 kernel.  I think it should be a really good kernel for
embedded devices but at the moment without the armnommu port its not
really practical.  Or rather, I'd prefer to spend my time directly on
the iPod stuff and leave the armnommu stuff to the arm gurus ;)



On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 20:07, PALFFY Daniel wrote:
> 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.
> 
> 
> 
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