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= Nokia N8x0 hardware adaptation = | = Nokia N8x0 hardware adaptation = | ||
| - | This is a 'skunkworks' project ( | + | This is a 'skunkworks' project (that is, not official MeeGo project!) by the maemo.org community and others to bring MeeGo to Nokia N8x0, hence not a vendor-pushed hardware adaptation. Initially, focus will be on Nokia N810. Some additional work to add support for ARMv6+VFP is also included in this. The possibility may exist to have some closed source binaries provided through a Nokia repository. |
See also the [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?p=2495 discussion thread]. | See also the [http://forum.meego.com/showthread.php?p=2495 discussion thread]. | ||
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* glibc patched/built for ARMv6+VFP | * glibc patched/built for ARMv6+VFP | ||
| - | Hardware support for the N800 and N810 in mainline Linux is quite delayed. This makes it difficult to bring not only MeeGo, but many other recent mobile distros ( | + | Hardware support for the N800 and N810 in mainline Linux is quite delayed. This makes it difficult to bring not only MeeGo, but many other recent mobile distros (such as Android, Ubuntu...) to these tablets. If you are a "kernel hacker" and would like to see these systems running in these devices, please consider contributing to the effort of bringing the necessary drivers to Linux for good. Visit this [http://elinux.org/N800 elinux page] for more info. |
== Milestones == | == Milestones == | ||
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=== M0: Foundation === | === M0: Foundation === | ||
| - | * User story: Boot into XFCE4 on N810 with working keyboard and touchscreen without need to enable R&D flags / disable watchdogs. X server is accelerated ( | + | * User story: Boot into XFCE4 on N810 with working keyboard and touchscreen without need to enable R&D flags / disable watchdogs. X server is accelerated (that is, Xomap). Battery charging from initfs working. |
* Deployment: Flash/load 2.6.33 kernel, System on external MMC. | * Deployment: Flash/load 2.6.33 kernel, System on external MMC. | ||
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This is a 'skunkworks' project (that is, not official MeeGo project!) by the maemo.org community and others to bring MeeGo to Nokia N8x0, hence not a vendor-pushed hardware adaptation. Initially, focus will be on Nokia N810. Some additional work to add support for ARMv6+VFP is also included in this. The possibility may exist to have some closed source binaries provided through a Nokia repository.
See also the discussion thread.
Hardware support for the N800 and N810 in mainline Linux is quite delayed. This makes it difficult to bring not only MeeGo, but many other recent mobile distros (such as Android, Ubuntu...) to these tablets. If you are a "kernel hacker" and would like to see these systems running in these devices, please consider contributing to the effort of bringing the necessary drivers to Linux for good. Visit this elinux page for more info.
Current: Approaching M0
Requirements: