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CACkO Zaurus Qtopia ROM 1.20 1033040304 (SL-C7x0) \"Daniela\"
Thu Mar 4 10:34:31 MSK 2004
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http://www.cacko.biz), 2003-2004
Info about installation and FAQ look on our site:
http://www.cacko.bizIMPORTANT: This ROM requries a flash partition at least 26 MBytes in size!
Make sure to repartition your internal flash before updating ROM!
Installation:
1. Extract the 3 files - initrd.bin tools.tar updater.sh - to the root of your CF or SD/MMC card.
2. Make sure that Zaurus isn\'t plugged into AC power.
3. Remove battery for at least 5 seconds.
4. Replace battery (replace battery cover, lock cover), plug in AC power.
5. Press and hold the \"OK\" button on the keyboard.
6. Turn the power on, you should see the Japanese service menu.
7. Now Plug in the Power Cord. (You will get an error if it isn\'t plugged in!)
8. Select option 4 (flash/update).
9. You then have four options (1. USB, 2. CF, 3. SD, 4. Back)
10. Choose either option 2 or 3, depending on which media you put the files on.
11. Select \"5 Flash repartition\", enter at least 26 when prompted for root partition size.
12. Flash will be repartioned and Zaurus will reboot.
13. Repeate steps 2-10 again and wait for the menu start menu.
13. Now select \"1 Install new ROM\" and wait - Zaurus will reboot.
Release Notes:
Kernel:
- PXA250 Cache workaround disabled, effectivly doubling the speed of SL-C700 device
- Fast context switch extention is enabled
- Touch Screen pressure read added
Do \"echo 1 ] /proc/tspressure\" to enable
- LCD is bufferable enabling faster console
- Enable CPU frequency change
Default frequency is used at boot time. Use provided applet to change frequency.
- Enable more accurate display of battery chanrge percentage. Still not perfect but much better than on stock kernel.
- Enabled FastFPE math emulation
- Disabled CONFIG_FS_SYNC option to greatly improve performance writing to SD/CF cards
- Added patch to (possibly) fix IRDA GPRS connection issue with some Ericsson phones - thanks to Alex Gromov
Doing ...
echo 1 ] /proc/sys/net/irda/max_tx_window
echo 1000 ] /proc/sys/net/irda/min_tx_turn_time
... should make connection to the phone reliable
- Assigned Ctrl and Alt to the two Japanees keys left to Space key
Note that preemptive patch IS NOT enabled in this kernel due to potential compatibility issues
with existing kernel modules and applications.
Bluetooth:
- Latest bluetooth drivers and utilities added, including high speed drivers for Ambicom, Pretec and Anycom CF cards
- Updated bluetooth drivers to only load upon CF card insertion
Wireless:
- Latest orinoco/spectrum wireles drivers with monitoring patch added
- HostAP drivers built, but provided as a separate package
ROM:
- Fixed missing card monitor icons
- Samba is started on demand, added missing samba config file
- Opera updated to version 7.30
- Calculator replaced with free version of Neocal
- Embeddedconnsole replaced with QConsole
- Updated ncurses, menu, panel libraries
- Updated sysinfo
- Improved general performance by using cramfs instead of cloop
- Italic fonts were removed from ROM and packages into a separate ipk.
