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C1000/3x00 General discussions / A Kernel With Everything

« on: May 31, 2005, 01:44:33 pm »

Hey gjarboni,

the patching that you've done is it the same as tetsu's v18a kernel for c3000 ?
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The last patch that I applied was this one: P16-key-chattering-fix_041226.patch. I don't remember Tetsu's version numbering for sure, but I think I am current through v17f or v17g.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / A Kernel With Everything

« on: May 31, 2005, 01:42:56 pm »

Is this kernel sufficiently similar to the Sharp kernel that these modules would
work with the Sharp kernel?

Is there a .config file for this kernel?
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Yes, the modules would definitely work -- the prism modules were copied over and they work fine. I started from the Sharp source and added Tetsu's patches.

I'm attaching two versions of the config file. dotconfig.txt which has DOS linefeeds and dotconfig-without-doslinefeeds.txt which doesn't.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / A Kernel With Everything

« on: May 30, 2005, 12:17:37 pm »

I've noticed this too, but I haven't had time to track it down. I'm assuming that the original modules directory contains a module that does both the SD card and for acting as a USB HD (for storage mode). If you can find the modules, you can copy them from the old directory to the new and run depmod again (and that should fix things).

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / A Kernel With Everything

« on: May 22, 2005, 03:21:12 pm »

does anyone still have a copy of this kernel and the modules, i've tried to download it a few times and it looks like the files aren't up anymore.
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The files are still at:

[a href=\"ftp://www.rtgx.com/pub/c3000-bigkernel/]ftp://www.rtgx.com/pub/c3000-bigkernel/[/url]

I just tested it with IE 6 (under Windows XP) and command line ftp (NetBSD). However, there is a long delay (maybe 90 seconds) when you first connect to the ftp server. Maybe it's throwing off your ftp client? I'm sure the delay is caused by some sort of DNS lookup, but I haven't had the time to track it down.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Nand Loader Outputs On Serial Cable

« on: March 23, 2005, 04:44:22 pm »

I presume that cable gets plugged into the 'Service Port' at the back of the Z..?
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Yep.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Nand Loader Outputs On Serial Cable

« on: March 06, 2005, 10:29:46 pm »

What serial cable?
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The CE-170TS. It's the serial cable for the 5500 and it's available on Amazon (and other places).

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / A Kernel With Everything

« on: February 06, 2005, 11:27:02 pm »

I'll post the kernel and modules tonight (gotta run to get ready for my Superbowl party).

Okay, the Superbowl is over (and was fun to watch!). I've uploaded the kernel and a gzipped tar of the modules to:

ftp://www.rtgx.com/pub/c3000-bigkernel. There are three files:

zImage (the kernel)
updater.sh (the script that installs a new kernel -- it's in Japanese)
2.4.20.modules.tar.gz

For instructions on how to install a new kernel, please go to: http://www.steyla.com/zaurus/kernel.php3.

This great site has easy to follow instructions on how to compile and install your own kernel. To install the modules, download the tar file, unzip it and unpack it in the root of hdd2:

wget ftp://www.rtgx.com/pub/c3000-bigkernel/2.4.20.modules.tar.gz
cd /hdd2
gunzip 2.4.20.modules.tar.gz
tar -xvf 2.4.20.modules.tar.gz

This will create a modules directory under /hdd2. Now, we need to change a symlink to point to this directory (rather than the directory in /home/root/modules).

cd /home/root
mv modules modules.orig
ln -s /hdd2/modules modules

Now to check that everything works, list the contents of /lib/modules

ls /lib/modules/

You should see one entry:

2.4.20

Now I've included all the patches from tetsu.homelinux.org. The only feature that that site that might not work is the overclocking (I'm not sure that the overclocking patch took). If someone could test that out (check out this thread for details) that would be great.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / A Kernel With Everything

« on: February 06, 2005, 01:32:57 pm »

Will this kernel screw up the Japanese on the original Sharp ROM?  I have mine altered to do most things in English but still retain all the Japanese characters and dictionaries.

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I don't believe this kernel will mess with the Japanese character handling. I based my kernel on the patches from testu's site and started from Sharp's original .config file (from the original Japanese kernel).

I'll post the kernel and modules tonight (gotta run to get ready for my Superbowl party).

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / A Kernel With Everything

« on: February 05, 2005, 06:02:08 pm »

Okay, since I'm a consultant and intend to use my Zaurus at different sites, I decided to try and compile a kernel with every resonable module selected.  I started with the patches listed at tetsu.homelinux.org (which has precompiled kernels as well, for some great instructions, this thread was a great help.

I included every USB driver (usb serial converters, tablets, mice, usb ethernet, usb wifi, NTFS, NFS, NCPFS (for mounting netware volumes), IPX, Appletalk, 802.1q, QoS (I'm a network engineer), Video for Linux and a bunch of other stuff that I don't remember. Eeverything compiled without a hitch (a testiment to Linux' robustness), and only one module flunked depmod (miropcm20.o). And indeed the kernel booted -- with the Sharp logo gone.

Now the resulting modules directory is over 4Mb, so I had to create a modules directory on /hdd2/modules and change the symlink in /home/root to point there.

So I have two questions. First, I've been using it for a couple of days with no problems, but I'm wondering if anyone can forsee a problem with moving the modules off the ramdisk?

Second, would this be useful to anyone else? If so, I can upload it to my web site (the kernel and modules total 2.8Mb tarred and gzipped so they won't fit here).

Thanks!

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Dpkg On C3000

« on: February 02, 2005, 10:27:35 am »

In the past, .deb packages used the same format at .ipk files -- that is a tgz file that contained config(?).tar.gz and data.tar.gz plus a file that specified the version number.

At some point this changed. Now .deb files have two lines that specify the package version and something else, followed by a line that indicates how big a binary section follows + the name of the file , followed by the binary, followed another line indicating size and filename, etc.

I doubt that made any sense, so you might want to click here for a better explanation.

Anyway, my question is simple enough. The SL-C3000 contains dpkg, a utility that will unpack and install .deb files. But when you run it complains about a directory being missing. Create the directory and it will seg fault. So, does anyone know what's required to allow dpkg to run. There are a lot of packages in the Debian Arm distribution that should run on the C3000.

Thanks,

Jason M.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Bluetooth On The Sl-3000?

« on: January 31, 2005, 06:23:43 pm »

Um, I never considered USB devices so I never included the hci_usb driver. I guess Jason must have compiled that himself. I suppose I could include it in the SL-3000 BlueZ ipk. In fact as long as the USB dongle uses a CSR chip they're a piece of cake to get working with BlueZ (would you believe most USB dongle manufacturers use a standard interface rather than re-inventing the wheel? *cough*Ambicom CF cards*cough*).
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Actually, I thought for sure that it was part of the BlueZ package you posted. Since it obviously isn't, I think that I got it from [a href=\"http://tetsu.homelinux.org/zaurus/kernel/v17f/kernel-modules_v17f-C3000_arm.ipk]here[/url]. The site is in Japanese and has custom kernels for all the zaurii. Not speaking Japanese, I don't have any idea how to install them or what they do.

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / C3000 Usb Serial

« on: January 30, 2005, 04:02:49 pm »

Jason,

have you used tipterm?  It is like Solaris tip command.

J.
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Nope I haven't used tipterm, but I've heard good things about it. Thanks for uploading!

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C1000/3x00 General discussions / Nand Loader Outputs On Serial Cable

« on: January 30, 2005, 11:37:10 am »

WARNING! This sort of thing could easily brick your C3000.
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Aha! If you plug the serial cable and into the Zaurus and reboot you see the following on the serial console:

NAND LOADER ... in NAND
built on Oct 23 2004 at 18:42:40

(0) BOOT: Linux kernel
func = 00000100
**** LoadImage ****
store_adr = 000e0000
load_adr  = 00008000
size      = 0013c000
mainlinuxparam=00000000
ro_size=00500000

COMMANDLINE= console=ttyS0 root=/dev/mtdblock2 mtdparts=sharpsl-nand:7168k@0k(smf),5120k@7168k(root),-(home) jffs2_orphaned_inodes=delete EQUIPMENT=4 LOGOLANG=1 DEFYEAR=2005 LOGO=1 LAUNCH=q
**** JUMP to LINUX! ****

Neither break nor Ctrl-C have any effect on the boot process. Maybe this screen would give some useful information if your C3000 is bricked? Any ideas?

Jason M.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Serial Port On Sl-c3000

« on: January 30, 2005, 11:12:51 am »

I want to use SL-C3000  to send command  to RS-232 port of a controller device.
I need confirmation that this port can do RS-232 communication.
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This is going to depend on how picky your device is. Most likely it will work, but no guarantees.

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C1000/3x00 Hardware / Serial Port On Sl-c3000

« on: January 30, 2005, 11:10:27 am »

Sorry, but if i read it right, it's just a guess from the writer.

The port behind the cover looks, tastes and smells like the
well known SHARP I/O port, BUT it is only for service purposes
(JTAG and stuff).
Don't remove the cover, don't try USB or serial cables on it.
The Zaurus won't turn on with a cable inserted.

More info in our manual :
Download english SL-C3000 manual

///TRIsoft

Marc Stephan
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<Me takes out his RS-232 breakout box and multimeter>
Okay, with the serial cable described below (C?-170? whatever) my C3000 can talk to my PC. Using minicom, I've sent over 2Mb of files at 115200 bps with Zmodem with no errors. The actual speed was well over 6kilobytes per second. Remember when that was fast.  

Now, looking at my mulitmeter, I see that the Zaurus is outputing on the CTS & DSR lines. It's voltage is low (2.8V) and technically out of spec, but I believe that's common among handhelds. For anyone who wants more info on the RS-232 spec, click [a href=\"http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_Connector_RS232.html]here[/url].