Subject: Re: Port to arm7100 based PDA?
To: None <port-arm32@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Jasper Wallace <jasper@argonet.co.uk>
List: port-arm32
Date: 05/11/1998 11:14:27
On Sun, 10 May 1998, Tom Hughes wrote:
> In message <lists.port-arm32/3555A960.8374BC53@causality.com>
> "Neil A. Carson" <neil@causality.com> wrote:
>
> > How would you bootload the thing: Does the GeoFox have some sort of
> > device driver interface? Chatting to a guy who aws going to do a Linux
> > port to the machines... Certainly with the Psion it was possible to buy
> > an EPOC32 developers kit from Psion and then do a device driver to start
> > booting stuff, because they run in SVC mode. Is this possible with the
> > Geofox too?
>
> Well the GeoFox runs EPOC32 so you can probably do it the same
> way as the Psion.
The guy who is doing the linux port has web pages at:
www.redhat.com/~ed/news.html.It includes links to the bootloader pages, and
if you ask him nicely he'll give you a copy of the tech information that
psion have given him (i havn't got a copy).
The only problem i can see is that the pcmcia chip (CL-PS6700) (which i
assume is used in the psion for driving the compact flash card), is covered
by an NDA, which may prevent a release of source code...
If you ask Sequoia Technology Ltd. (0118 925 8000) nicely they'll give you a
copy of the CL-PS7110 data sheet for free.
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