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Everything Else => Sharp Zaurus => Model Specific Forums => Distros, Development, and Model Specific Forums => Archived Forums => 5x00 Hardware => Topic started by: ClintReese on April 03, 2004, 01:41:23 pm
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HI. I have a Z-SL-5600.
There are obviously several distributions of operating systems for it. I\'ve been wondering: Where do these developers get their documentation on the hardware? I haven\'t done much kernel recompilation or distribution, so this may seem like a stupid question.
I mean, where are the pin-outs? The memory maps? The ARM chip numbers? How does one develop an OS without this kind of information?
Does Sharp keep this kind of information a secret? Sell it? Is it on the mirrors of the Zaurus developer community?
Maybe I should just get involved in the hobbyist, embedded microcontroller communities if I want to understand the hardware or remain in control of the hardware which belongs to me, huh?
OK. It\'s a newbie question.
Clint Reese