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00:53.48Kevin2Hi
00:53.55Kevin2dcordes: Still here?
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01:04.15BabelOhi Kevin2
01:04.52Kevin2Hi BabelO
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01:13.27BabelOswetland: still alive ?
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01:15.16King_InuYashahey
01:16.17King_InuYashais anyone here?
01:16.39BabelOKing_InuYasha: a little
01:17.11King_InuYashawell, i recently was hired to unbrick an HTC Hermes 100
01:17.27King_InuYashaand it was borked up so badly that i couldn't completely install WM6
01:17.51King_InuYashaso i figured that bootstrapping Windows Mobile to run a Linux phone distribution would make it better
01:18.18King_InuYashahas anyone fitted the OpenMoko software on HTC Hermes?
01:24.44Kevin2King_InuYasha: We can boot linux, but we don't yet have a driver for flash or SD.  So there isn't much we can do with it.
01:24.58Kevin2So, no - OpenMoko wont work.
01:25.26King_InuYashaso once there is an SD or flash driver, then OpenMoko or Qtopia would work?
01:26.05Kevin2King_InuYasha: We'll be real close at that point.  cr2 has been working on the sd driver for the last few weeks.
01:29.27King_InuYashagreat
01:29.51King_InuYashameanwhile, this bricked phone only can install ROM up to 11%
01:29.55King_InuYashathen it stops for some reason
01:30.06King_InuYashait says communications error, but that doesnt make sense
01:30.19King_InuYashabecause the regular ActiveSync still works
01:31.00King_InuYashabtw, when cr2 has the sd driver ready, do you guys plan to merge your patches into the OpenMoko tree?
01:31.09King_InuYashaor submit them for review?
01:33.19Kevin2The changes we're working on right now are for the linux kernel.  Once we've got them to a working state and have all the rough edges ironed out, it will be submitted to lkml.
01:33.35King_InuYashaso they will go to mainline kernel
01:33.36King_InuYashaHmm'
01:33.38King_InuYashagood
01:34.17Kevin2Yep
01:35.17King_InuYashathat would be awesome, because that would seriously expand OpenMoko's ability to run on various phones
01:35.34King_InuYashaa good chunk of PDA phones are from HTC, merely rebranded
01:37.26Kevin2Yes.  goxboxlive has ported openmoko (along with qtopia, angstrom, opie) to the HTC Universal.
01:38.03King_InuYashawho sells the HTC Universal besides HTC themselves?
01:38.09King_InuYashai dont think anybody in the USA does
01:38.16King_InuYashabut maybe people in Europed
01:38.19King_InuYasha*Europe
01:39.29Kevin2I don't know.  I have an HTC Apache and HTC Hermes.
01:39.42King_InuYashai dont actually own an HTC device
01:39.51King_InuYashathough i have been considering acquiring one
01:40.05King_InuYashaim hoping for the FIC Neo1973
01:40.31King_InuYashathose things will sell like hot cakes once the Consumer Version is made available
01:41.20King_InuYashabut the problem with the FIC Neo1973 is that it has no camera
01:41.50King_InuYashathe HTC Touch has caught my eye
01:42.02King_InuYashabut i know that one will not be supported in Linux for a long time
01:50.39Kevin2HTC Touch is omap850.  That cpu is a bit slow.
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01:53.55Kevin2Hrmm  The sprint htc touch does have the faster msm7500..
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05:32.19goxboxlivegood morning
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08:22.01goxboxlivecr2: i am building Qtopia source from tonight now. Why did you want the new one?
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08:47.32BabelOmorning
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09:43.47cr2goxboxlive:  http://lists.openmoko.org/pipermail/community/2007-November/011836.html
10:17.23goxboxlivecr2: thx, i recompile .-)
10:30.27moby_wan_kenobyhi, I'm new here, could you give me a link for actual description how to install linux on thc tytn herm-200?
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10:30.56moby_wan_kenobylinks from here : http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Universal_Installing_Linux doesnt work
10:31.21moby_wan_kenobyI mean, links from this site for downloading file
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10:34.45goxboxlivemoby_wan_kenoby: i dont think you are able to run linx on hermes. It misses drivers
10:38.35moby_wan_kenobyhmm... actually I downloaded and run herm-linux.exe from http://handhelds.org/~koconnor/HTCHermes/, I did it yesterday so I had not so much time to play with this, anyway konsole starts and I could login via telnet from laptop
10:41.32goxboxlivemoby_wan_kenoby: ok, i didnt know
10:42.29moby_wan_kenobyso what you think, what I have to do now, after logging?
10:45.08goxboxliveYes, i know, But the images are for htc universal and not hermes. We hav moved our stuff to linuxtogo. The HOWTO is outdated and should be removed.
10:48.24goxboxlivemoby_wan_kenoby: www.linuxtopgo.org~htcpxa
10:48.41goxboxlivehttp://www.linuxtopgo.org/~htcpxa
10:57.33moby_wan_kenobyok, I'll try
10:57.55moby_wan_kenobyBTW, Its www.linuxtogo.org
10:58.01moby_wan_kenobythanks!
11:08.19goxboxlivemoby_wan_kenoby: yes i know, i am the maintaining the site :-)
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11:25.20moby_wan_kenobyok, :)
11:25.53moby_wan_kenobynow I'm thinking how to make ext3 filesystem on the sd card
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11:53.21goxboxlivecr2: done, with cruxus. Do you want the opt folder?
12:13.13cr2goxboxlive: no, i'm just happy that it builds for you :) i'm not interested in non-free software myself.
12:13.14moby_wan_kenobyyeah, probably the only I can do on my hermes is to get this konsole....
12:14.16cr2moby_wan_kenoby: you can't do anything useful with linux on hermes right now.
12:15.04moby_wan_kenobynow I know... :(
12:15.10moby_wan_kenobyanyway, thanks
12:30.34goxboxlivecr2: have you started tpo check out the bugs in the linuxkernel yet for universal. We should fix the wm6 issue
12:31.03cr2goxboxlive: i need some input from you.
12:32.38goxboxlivecr2: I am not using the new wm6 image. OI am using an old one. Maybe ellisway or someone else who has the problem could help us
12:33.09cr2ok.
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18:03.18pH5cr2: it turns out they've left a note this time. I'll fetch the BA tomorrow in the morning.
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21:15.35elliswayevening all
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21:16.15kram92hi leutz
21:16.55kram92habe frage für htc / compact 2 (vodafone)
21:17.22pH5hey ellisway
21:17.26pH5kram92: channel language is english
21:17.52kram92habe mein gerät umgetauscht weils nicht mehr anging, nun habe ich das austausch geraet erhalten und geht als nicht , liegts evtl an der batterie
21:17.54kram92?
21:18.08elliswayhi pH5
21:18.17kram92sorry did not see the language for this channel,,
21:18.40kram92question about the htc magician/ vodafone vpa 2
21:19.18kram92my mobile was exchanged and now the replacement also does not start up, could the batterie be dead and cause this failure?
21:19.47pH5kram92: the vodaphone vpa 2 has a keyboard, right? then it is not the htc magician.
21:20.10pH5kram92: generally, yes, a dead battery could cause the phone not to start up.
21:21.33pH5I'm not actually sure about the vpa compact 2 (which is = htc wizard, I believe), but I know the magician does not work without the battery.
21:23.38kram92even if the power cable is hooked up?
21:23.53kram92sorry ur right wizzard
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21:25.54pH5kram92: I'm sorry, I can't give you a definitive answer for the wizard. But it is likely.
21:26.17pH5The magician does not work with power cable inserted without battery.
21:26.32pH5(on the other hand, some newer devices like the herald do)
21:28.12kram92thnx for your help, will chk with the sales man again and ask if the batt may be exchanged under warranty
21:28.18kram92take care all,,
21:28.27kram92& thnx again
21:29.08pH5kram92: from googling, this seems to be a common problem
21:29.16pH5kram92: see for example http://www.asktheadmin.com/2007/06/htc-wizardcingular-8125-dead-battery.html
21:32.27kram92thnx ph5
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21:39.22kdub432is this like htc phone linux development?
21:39.48BabelOkdub432: yes
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21:41.29kdub432nice. anyway to sync up a mogul to linux yet ;-D
21:42.01BabelOwhat is mogul ...?
21:43.02pH5BabelO: afaik it's what sprint calls the titan
21:44.11kdub432oh, sorry, yeah. the 6800
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21:44.25fleXiblehello guys, how are you going
21:45.24BabelOpH5: ah :)
21:45.27elliswayhmm i no its a tad off topic but does anyone know anything about the motorola a760 ?
21:45.35BabelOkdub432: then not yet, but you can help
21:45.53fleXibleI know this not the channel, but I looking for a channel to ask beginners question about developing simple operating system
21:46.47kdub432BabelO: what's involved in helping? I know how to program....
21:47.01fleXibleor does anyone know a channel about developing linux-like OS for beginners?
21:47.12BabelOkdub432: ask dcordes when he come back
21:47.29fleXibleplease.....?
21:47.42pH5fleXible: #openezx?
21:47.49BabelOkdub432: to help you can get haret at handhelds.org and also msm git tree kernel for afterwards
21:48.07elliswaymy friend has my old a760 but we are both wondering what we can do with it apart from the montavista distro it comes with
21:48.13fleXibleph5, are you joking, there is nobody
21:48.52kdub432fleXible: i'm interested in that too. let's look. the closest kernel to linux out there right now is probably hurd...
21:48.56pH5fleXible: not really. I didn't know, I don't follow #openezx closely.
21:49.34fleXibleph5 I sorry I typed the wrong name
21:49.49kdub432BabelO: alright
21:51.21elliswaythats probably the right place for me to ask bout the a760
21:52.07kdub432do you guys also work on porting linux to htc phone here? that might be an interesting project....
21:52.34fleXibleI have the 3030 type
21:52.53fleXiblebut it would be nice if I could port it to linux
21:53.52fleXiblebut the problem is that PocketPC is in the ROM, right? So the Win OS can be removed
21:54.11fleXibleI mean can' t
21:54.15pH5kdub432: this channel is all about porting the linux kernel to different htc phones.
21:54.54fleXibleok, but you can't remove the windose OS
21:55.25pH5fleXible: why not?
21:55.38elliswaywe can once  there is full driver support for the doc chips in the devices
21:55.49BabelOkdub432: http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HTC_2dPhones
21:55.49fleXiblebecause it's saved in the ROM, itÅ› embedded in the hardware
21:55.53pH5there is no such thing as "ROM" in current devices.
21:55.57pH5it's all flash memory.
21:56.11pH5NOR flash in older, and mostly NAND flash in new devices.
21:56.28fleXiblewell FLASH is ROM, or actually EEPROM
21:56.39pH5rom is "read only memory"
21:56.53pH5flash is perfectly writeable, it's the same thing that is in sd cards and whatnot
21:57.09fleXibleis it possible to overwrite the flash with simple serial port, what if it goes wrong?
21:57.28pH5fleXible: if it goes wrong, you have a brick.
21:57.43fleXibleit woul be safe if you use jtag with the right software
21:57.54fleXiblewhat do you mean by that?
21:58.03pH5fleXible: unfortunately, only on few devices the jtag pins are known
21:58.04fleXiblewhat is a brick?
21:58.27elliswaya dead device
21:58.27pH5fleXible: http://catb.org/jargon/html/B/brick.html
21:58.31fleXibleoooh ok
21:58.45fleXiblewell than itÅ› a big risk to do that
21:59.03pH5fleXible: not really, if you are careful.
21:59.08kdub432i'd be willing to help with what I can, I'm a second year computer engineering student, and have toyed around with making kernel modules before...
21:59.15pH5I just bricked a htc magician last weekend, but it was my own stupidity.
21:59.40fleXibleyou can't guarantee the communication can be perfect
22:00.15pH5fleXible: the htc bootloader is responsible for writing to the flash, and the protocol is checksumming the data.
22:00.29fleXibleI mean what if the received data might be corrupt...
22:00.39pH5also, as long as you don't overwrite the original bootloader, you can always re-flash.
22:01.08fleXiblewell if htc designed their system well, than the bootloader should be locked from writing
22:01.24pH5(In theory, in practice it is a bit more complicated because the new bootloaders need signed uploads and we don't know the keys/algorithms)
22:01.27fleXibleoverwriting
22:01.48fleXibleyes, that makes a bit more difficult
22:02.00fleXiblebut what type of processor do they use?
22:02.05pH5fleXible: which one?
22:02.15fleXiblefor example 3030
22:02.20pH5last generation mostly omap850, current gen mostly msm7xxx
22:02.41fleXiblehmm no ARM processor
22:02.50pH5fleXible: to the contrary
22:02.53pH5all arm
22:03.08pH5what is 3030?
22:03.43fleXible3030 a HTC model, pda with GSM, GPS even a small trackball
22:04.06fleXibleso they are ARM
22:04.22fleXibleso I'm pretty sure they use a standard JTAG
22:04.30fleXiblethere is like the OpenOCD
22:04.36fleXiblean opensource tool
22:05.13pH5fleXible: I wish I knew which are the jtag pins on my magician's board ;)
22:05.21fleXibleAll ARM processor use some kind of a standard JTAG interface
22:05.55pH5fleXible: I don't find any info on 3030. Do you have a link?
22:06.12fleXiblewell there must be one, because the manufatcurer needs them too, for service pruposes
22:06.33fleXibleno, I just mentioned 3030 because I have one
22:06.45fleXiblewait, Iĺl show you one
22:07.36pH5kdub432: we usually start linux ports by running HaRET, which can watch memory accesses and look at ram/register space. it can also be used to stop wince and jump into a linux kernel loaded into ram, but that doesn't work on the msm cpus yet.
22:08.03pH5(and/or by making a dump of the flash image and disassembling the bootloader)
22:08.07fleXibleI'm sorry I mean P3300
22:08.41pH5fleXible: ah, ok. that one is the artemis.
22:08.41kdub432msm CPU's?
22:08.43fleXibleDamn that's a lot of work
22:09.02fleXibleartemis, what kind of processor is that?
22:09.22pH5kdub432: The mogul's CPU is a MSM7500.
22:09.26pH5fleXible: omap850
22:09.55fleXibleok, is that of ATMEL, Philips, Samsung....?
22:10.13pH5unfortunately both of those cpus are terribly undocumented (at least no public info).
22:10.20fleXibleI'm sorry for stupid questions
22:10.20pH5OMAP is by TI, MSM is by Qualcomm
22:10.36fleXibledamn
22:10.50fleXibleI've never heard of Qualcomm
22:11.28fleXibleanyway, I can imagine how hard it is to hack those devices
22:12.03fleXiblebut do you know a channel where to ask beginners-question about developing a OS?
22:12.51fleXiblebtw I'm working on a ARM too, but with a smaller brother, the ARM7TDI family
22:14.01pH5fleXible: I think the omap850 has an arm7tdmi in the phone/dsp part.
22:14.31pH5I don't know any channels about OS development, I'm more interested in the plumbing work to make already-existing linux work on my phones :)
22:14.42fleXibleIt could be
22:15.30fleXiblehahaaha, well I need to develope a bootloader at work, so I need some advices from some diehard hackers :)
22:20.23kdub432ph5: is the msm processor instruction codes and such an open specification?
22:23.51pH5kdub432: the instruction set is open spec (armv6, the core is some arm11), but the problem is documentation of the cpu's peripheral registers, also there is some shared memory communication to the arm9 core which controls the clocks.
22:24.18pH5the closest I know to documentation about those processors is the linux-msm kernel git.android.com
22:26.42cr2hi
22:26.50cr2pH5: arm9 controls the clocks ?
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22:30.35dcordeswhere can I get the latest haret development snaphots?
22:34.05Zooloocdcordes: do you know of very recent improvements regarding kaiser, Kevin2 might have written? if so I could build yui a fresh haret
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22:34.51dcordesZoolooc, no I was only short time in the channel and livelogs seem dead
22:35.35dcordesI didn't hear Kevin2 comment on the kaiser boot problem yet
22:36.29Zooloocneither did I, but I must say I wasn't in the channel lately
22:36.49pH5cr2: not sure if all of them, not sure which. the ARCH_MSM7X00A help text says that "the ARM9 modem processor ... runs the baseband stack and controls some vital subsystems (clock and power control, etc)."
22:41.18dcordespH5, would it be useful to pull latest git canges and rebuild?
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22:44.20pH5dcordes: just for the exercise
22:44.27King_InuYashacr2, you there?
22:48.31dcordespH5, hm ok. Are there any other news on msm*?
22:49.06King_InuYashacr2: im just wondering how much work you have left for making the SD driver
22:53.12pH5dcordes: nay on my count
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23:59.34BabelOcr2: still around ?

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