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ClintReese

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How much hardware documentation is available for the Z?
« on: April 03, 2004, 01:41:23 pm »
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.

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