Re: [ILUG-BOM] Linux on Cell - Linuxers

10 Sep 2004


      Hey guysm this link is really good.
Folow it around, it= s actually very intriguing and
   fascinating.....
we can build up from = here.
Raseel.
On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 Asit Vad= havkar wrote :
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FYI
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http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3= 421076804.html
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cheers
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Asit

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On Fri, 10 Sep 2004 09:27:32 +0530, Rajesh Rajani
<rajeshr@vsnl.c= om> wrote:
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Hi,
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Thank= s for showin interest, I dont have practical knowledge
about how to
&= gt; > >alter the kernel for Nokia but I have good knowledge
   about wha= t features
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are available in particular phone(Nokia), wh= at OS it has and
what are its
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limitations also how we c= an enhance it. I know what kind of
hardware is
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required= for transffering stuff to Cell (not MMS n Tones it
uses different
&g= t; > >Cable). I suppose if few enthusiasts show inetrest in
   this we c= an give it
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a try and I'm sure we can do it as nothings = impossible.
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IAAESP (I am an embedded softwa= re programmer).
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I admire your enthusiasm. I= t will be well placed if you have
some
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background in develo= ping kernels for RTOS, etc. Not even
writing
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applications o= n RTOS is enough to get into the kernel of such
a beast leave
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&g= t; aside knowing just the feature set. You may have seriously
underestimate= d
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the effort involved in such an endeavour.
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That aside, the practical problem for such a project is ge   tting the
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hardware information of the cell phone in questio= n. Just
knowing the
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processor is not enough, you need to kn= ow the memory map, the
peripherals
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connected, etc. For conn= ectivity you wil need to know the
protocols, etc.
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= ; > Nokia is not encouraging anyone to develop any software for
it's pho= nes
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which use the Nokia OS (apart from using J2ME). You can   develop C++
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applications for Series 60 phones which use th= e Symbian OS
but all the
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interesting APIs are not available= . The OS abstracts all the
details of the
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hardware and no h= ardware info is actually available for any
Nokia phone
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AFAI= K. Replacing the OS on such phones is going to be VERY
difficult if not
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impossible. You can find technical info for any Nokia phone
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developer section of the website.
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If you want to play around with cell phones, the Motorola
Linu= x phone seems
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to be the best bet since all the info will li= kely be
available.
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All the best in your ven= ture.
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Regards,
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Rajesh
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