i tried the one without bluetooth.
put consolescroll, zImage (adf, w/o BT), updater.sh in the root of my CF (vfat)
su root
mount -n -o remount,rw /
rm -fr /usr/QtPalmtop.rom/opera/ /home/QtPalmtop/opera/
cp /lib/modules.rom/2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix/kernel/drivers/usb/usb_ohci_tc6393.o /mnt/cf/backup (just play safe)
suspend, hit reset
power up while holding down "OK" -> update -> CF
wait for 1 min until it says update successful, please reset. hit reset.
power up as usual
Bravo! my old frient fasterkernel again (I can read from the busy screen scrooling that which modules adf compiled in and loaded during the bootup)
seems people tend to cofuse adf's fasterkernel with gulhems's
adf's is much easier with the price of a little bulkiness, which is well acceptable. you don't need to delete the stock sharp modules, don't need to untar modules.lib.tar.gz, modules.links.tar.gz, and you don't have to fix the sd issues and other module loading issues in rc.d.
[well, with either guyhel's and adf's fastkernel (kernel update), you don't need to start from a clean slate. just update whenever you want, all your installed and synced stuffs are still there. But it's always not a bad idea to do a backup before experimenting] With that said, as you're on the fastkernel, you DO need to do BOTH NAND restore and stock kernel update to bring your Z back to the original state AFAIK.
*tried mouse, all good and moving
*keyboard is a little odd as expected. the one mapped fairly good in the stock kernel looks pretty weird in the kernel. It also messes up the z keyboard after disconnecting which is a little annoying. Have to restart Qtopia to get it back. Anyway, I always use my IR kbd.
*usb keydrive and hdds are all recognized and mountable
used batterychange applet to crank the speed to maximum
*Very impressive Quake and Doom playback. I almost give up on Quake with the stock kernel. Taking forever to go into the scene, but only takes about 30s to load under the adf's fastkernel. Playing Quake in QVGA (magnified) or non-magnified reduced size VGA(if your eye sight is good enough to still dodge bullets/ strafle) mode is very smooth. I used guylhem's libSDL (1.2.so.0.0.7 with it) and quake/doom packages are from cacko feed.
*I timed on gnu-tar zaurus-debian-big-v0.7. Started from a clean reboot and bring the speed to maximum. Kingston ElitePro 60x 1G CF (ext2) in my second CF slot. The memory chip is actually Samsung as I can read from the bootup info. Total Time: 2min 33 sec, NO kidding. Last time I mentioned 5-6 mins because I used a Lexar 4x 1G CF. Don't know why you don't have the speed gain in your setup. I've installed Debian before from the stock kernel. I know exactly how you feel. It's taking 1-2hr or more to unzip the whole thing.
*with fastkernel, either adf's or guyhelm's, the most noticable or user appreciable speed advantage is unzipping large files, which means more to me or maybe others than the improvement on games.
will report back when I have more going on with it. Thanks a lot, adf. This one is a keeper.
