Working Tomtom Nav On Angstrom, - working adequately, seeking permission from tomtom Options

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EDIT 20070502 - working on Angstrom in chroot without patching kernel, package coming sometime.

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http://www.tomtom.com/page.php?Page=gpl

my wife bought me a TomTom GO 300, and I discovered that it runs linux when I, naturally, googled to see what hacks had been done. I was quite surprised to find it ran linux.

interestingly, TT originally used 2.4.18 but now 2.6.10.

they provide useful downloads and all the patches for the kernel, so those with a particular predilection for low-level hackery might find that page interesting or useful.... especially if it'd be possible to use TT's bluetooth hands-free system.

all we need now is to hack a GPS receiver into our Zauruses along with wifi and bluetooth, and we've got it made!

oh yeah, there's an OpenTom project too:
http://www.opentom.org/index.php/Main_Page

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OK, a quick update. OZ 3.5.4.1 will NOT run zomtom out of the box because the standard kernel doesn't have the right patches in it to do the QVGA display and some other feature which I forget.

However, Angstrom *will* run zomtom without any patching. I am hoping that with Richard's help we can provide an ipk which builds the environment in which zomtom runs (it runs chrooted) and automagically extracts the required binaries from the standard tomtomGO sd card. Then, you will just need to enter the specific device ID from your GO, and the navigator starts up, you then enter the key for the map.

that is to say, the package will NOT contain any tomtom intellectual property or copyrighted files, so you will be using the license from your GO device.

Richard has done some incredible work here, I've merely become the alpha tester, all credit goes to him for making this achievable.