[yocto] yocto tools on a nokia n800

[Bruce Ashfield]

On 10-10-30 12:20 PM, Tom Zanussi wrote:
> On Fri, 2010-10-29 at 04:50 -0700, tiagoprn wrote:
>>   Hello everyone!
>>
>>   I have a question. I have just read about the yocto/poky projects and
>> here I am with a hope. :)
>>
>>   I have a nokia n800 (an internet tablet abandoned by Nokia just about
>> 2 years ago).
>>
>>   With poky/yocto project tools, is it possible to install a linux
>> toolchain with X and the touchscreen/wireless components working, for
>> an example, in a SD Card and boot my device into it?
>>
>>   I'm anxious for that.
>>
>
> Hi,
>
> It looks like yocto already has support for the n800 - there's this
> entry in local.conf:
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> # Other supported machines
> .
> .
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> #MACHINE ?= "nokia800"
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>
> and see this section in README.hardware:
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> 'Nokia 770/N800/N810 Internet Tablets (nokia770 and nokia800)'
>
> which says:
>
> "The nokia800 images and kernel will run on both the N800 and N810"
>
> Sounds like what you're looking for...

The rest of the config has been moved to meta-extras, and
we'd need to do a bit of kernel work, but it has worked in the past, and 
could work again in the future.

In other words 'I agree'.

Cheers,

Bruce

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> Tom
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