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Subject: Re: Re-purpose of forgotten gadgets: palm tungsten e2
From: Michael Carr <cstrife89 () gmail ! com>
Date: 2015-05-11 21:40:06
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I have a ton of Palm devices that I'll gladly help test with, should they
become targets; including a T|X, a LifeDrive, and two Zire 72s.
On Sun, May 10, 2015 at 4:52 PM, Steph yahoo <seumeumeuh@yahoo.co.uk> wrote=
:
> There are plenty of Palm models which could follow. I have 2 in my drawer=
s
> and wouldn't mind sending one for you to try if you'd be interested.
>
> ------------------------------
> *De :* Lorenzo Miori <memorys60@gmail.com>
> *Envoy=C3=A9 :* 10 mai 2015 16:49:26 UTC+02:00
> *=C3=80 :* Rockbox development <rockbox-dev@cool.haxx.se>
> *Objet :* Re-purpose of forgotten gadgets: palm tungsten e2
>
> Ladies and gents,
>
> I'm proud to announce another new target, a vintage gadget from the 2005
> palmOne tungsten e2, whose test bench has been setup in a couple of hours
> thanks to the union of a kernel and a solid audio software :)
>
> I invite you to have a look here
> http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/PalmTungstenE2
>
> The steps have been the following:
>
> 1) testing of existing stuff; bootloading a Linux kernel
> 2) compilation of the newest kernel (yes, 4.x, yes hardware support out o=
f
> the box)
> 3) creation of a fresh toolchain plus a shiny little rootfs (buildroot)
> 4) quick & dirty hack of ypr0 target to make it runnable on this platform
> (the canonical logo show-off)
>
> Everything but framebuffer isn't working; in the next days I will setup a
> new target and writing some drivers for it.
>
> Specs: CPU Intel xscale pxa 255; 16mb ram; 200mhz. Sdcard storage (dunno
> what is the max size perhaps around 2 gigs? Maybe Linux does a better job=
).
> Audio out is kind of powerful but the quality made me wondering ... I'm
> quite sure the problem is not in the DAC/analog section but rather in the
> crappy r**l player palm os edition !
>
> New possibilities:
> - generic touchpad support (Linux)
> - generic gpio keypad (Linux)
> - ac97 audio (alsa should be fine; volume etc to implement)
> - this time HW specific features at a minimum, since everything should be
> Linux API in theory. Study is needed.
>
> Alongside in the series will be a crappybook based on a Wolfson SOC which
> also supports Linux well enough for Rockbox! The big screen opens up
> possibilities for video playback. USB are present etc!
>
> Hybrid RaaA isn't that bad, is it? Perhaps we should invent another
> specific term as well....
>
> Cheers & Have a nice day!
>
> Lorenzo
>
> -----
> Tshaw !!
>
> Steph
>
> Envoy=C3=A9 de mon aPhone
>
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<div dir="ltr">I have a ton of Palm devices that I'll gladly help test with, \
should they become targets; including a T|X, a LifeDrive, and two Zire \
72s.<br></div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, May 10, \
2015 at 4:52 PM, Steph yahoo <span dir="ltr"><<a \
href="mailto:seumeumeuh@yahoo.co.uk" \
target="_blank">seumeumeuh@yahoo.co.uk</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote \
class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc \
solid;padding-left:1ex"><div>There are plenty of Palm models which could follow. I \
have 2 in my drawers and wouldn't mind sending one for you to try if you'd be \
interested.<span class=""><br><br><div \
style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";padding:3.0pt \
0in 0in 0in"> <hr style="border:none;border-top:solid #e1e1e1 1.0pt">
<b>De :</b> Lorenzo Miori <<a href="mailto:memorys60@gmail.com" \
target="_blank">memorys60@gmail.com</a>><br> <b>Envoyé :</b> 10 mai 2015 \
16:49:26 UTC+02:00<br> <b>À :</b> Rockbox development <<a \
href="mailto:rockbox-dev@cool.haxx.se" \
target="_blank">rockbox-dev@cool.haxx.se</a>><br> <b>Objet :</b> Re-purpose of \
forgotten gadgets: palm tungsten e2<br> </div>
<br>
</span><div><div class="h5"><p dir="ltr">Ladies and gents,</p>
<p dir="ltr">I'm proud to announce another new target, a vintage gadget from the \
2005 palmOne tungsten e2, whose test bench has been setup in a couple of hours thanks \
to the union of a kernel and a solid audio software :)</p> <p dir="ltr">I invite you \
to have a look here<br> <a href="http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/PalmTungstenE2" \
target="_blank">http://www.rockbox.org/wiki/PalmTungstenE2</a></p> <p dir="ltr">The \
steps have been the following:</p> <p dir="ltr">1) testing of existing stuff; \
bootloading a Linux kernel<br> 2) compilation of the newest kernel (yes, 4.x, yes \
hardware support out of the box)<br> 3) creation of a fresh toolchain plus a shiny \
little rootfs (buildroot)<br> 4) quick & dirty hack of ypr0 target to make it \
runnable on this platform (the canonical logo show-off)</p> <p dir="ltr">Everything \
but framebuffer isn't working; in the next days I will setup a new target and \
writing some drivers for it.</p> <p dir="ltr">Specs: CPU Intel xscale pxa 255; 16mb \
ram; 200mhz. Sdcard storage (dunno what is the max size perhaps around 2 gigs? Maybe \
Linux does a better job). Audio out is kind of powerful but the quality made me \
wondering ... I'm quite sure the problem is not in the DAC/analog section but \
rather in the crappy r**l player palm os edition !</p> <p dir="ltr">New \
possibilities:<br>
- generic touchpad support (Linux)<br>
- generic gpio keypad (Linux)<br>
- ac97 audio (alsa should be fine; volume etc to implement)<br>
- this time HW specific features at a minimum, since everything should be Linux API \
in theory. Study is needed.</p> <p dir="ltr">Alongside in the series will be a \
crappybook based on a Wolfson SOC which also supports Linux well enough for Rockbox! \
The big screen opens up possibilities for video playback. USB are present etc!</p> <p \
dir="ltr">Hybrid RaaA isn't that bad, is it? Perhaps we should invent another \
specific term as well....</p> <p dir="ltr">Cheers & Have a nice day!</p>
<p dir="ltr">Lorenzo</p>
<br></div></div><span class="">
-----<br>
Tshaw !!<br>
<br>
Steph<br>
<br>
Envoyé de mon aPhone</span></div></blockquote></div><br></div>
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