Re: [Ipodlinux-devel] Re: Linux on the mini

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

I've had a brief look at the firmware for the mini and I'd guess that the
hardware differences are about similar as those from 2g to 3g.  E.g. it will
take some hacking to get things going.

There are two big hurdles though, firstly they have changed the boot loader
and from first impressions it looks as though there is some special header
required on the OS image.  The second problem is that the bootloader and
diagnostic images appear to be encoded somehow.

As you say being able to run as a host makes things a bit more interesting...

David Piasecki <dpi...@ma...> said:

> I googled around online and found some differences in hardware for the 
> mini, notably the new firewire chip and the ability to act as both a 
> USB 2.0 client and host. Now I imagine plugging in a USB keyboard is 
> actually a reality, not to mention the USB musical keyboard for 
> portable music, or anything else for that matter. Just hoping in vain 
> that the PP chips are a good deal similar, has anyone tried looking at 
> the mini or poked around the firmware at all? It seems to me that it 
> would be worth having linux on the mini more than the original.
> 
> Dave
> 
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