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[Testers needed] USB Hostmode prealpha for the N900

First of all, thanks to joerg_rw for kicking off the hostmode project, and sarahn for the patches, as well as all the devs involved in the project.
The patches are the same ones released in May/June, with a proper method to reproduce them.

This is a prealpha release, although it works on my device, it has NOT been tested on any other devices (kernel is safe though).
Also, DON'T play with i2cset without knowing what to do, the commands in the UI are safe, but don't feel free to experiment with them.

This post by joerg_rw summarizes the main points about this release

You will need to a female to female USB adapter, and the stock USB cable.
Do all the commands below as root.

Step 1: Download kernel-hostmode packages:

Code:

wget http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/hostmode/Jul%2027%202010/kernel-hostmode-flasher_2.6.28-20102201+0m5-hostmode1_armel.deb

wget http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/hostmode/Jul%2027%202010/kernel-hostmode-modules_2.6.28-20102201+0m5-hostmode1_armel.deb

wget http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/hostmode/Jul%2027%202010/kernel-hostmode_2.6.28-20102201+0m5-hostmode1_armel.deb

Step 2: Install packages in this order:

Code:

dpkg -i kernel-hostmode_2.6.28-20102201+0m5-hostmode1_armel.deb kernel-hostmode-modules_2.6.28-20102201+0m5-hostmode1_armel.deb

Code:

dpkg -i kernel-hostmode-flasher_2.6.28-20102201+0m5-hostmode1_armel.deb

Step 3: Download hostmode scripts package:

Code:

wget http://mohammadag.xceleo.org/hostmode/hostmode-scripts_0.1_all.deb

apt-get install i2c-tools python2.5 python2.5-qt4

dpkg -i hostmode-scripts_0.1_all.deb

Step 4: Reboot the device.
Step 5: Start terminal, type root, then python /root/hostmode.py
Step 6: Click Hostmode VBUS, connect flash drive when you see Starting BME.

Using the mount /dev/sda1 button should create a dir in /media and mount the node there, use the filemanager to view stuff on the flash stick, I have successfully copied 2.6GBs and 1.7GBs, to two different devices, a WD MyBook (1TB in size), and a flash stick 4GBs in size, playing music off of it worked as expected.

Quote:

Originally Posted by joerg_rw

Please support hostmode development, join h-e-n.garage.maemo.org if you are a kernel hacker knowing about USB, or provide nice logs if you are a technically savvy user.

Looking forward to patches and kernel logs :)
Refer to https://garage.maemo.org/frs/?group_id=1660 for all files related to the project except binaries.

https://garage.maemo.org/projects/h-e-n/

To compile packages from the sources (in scratchbox)

Code:

apt-get source kernel

cd kernel-2.6.28

wget https://garage.maemo.org/frs/download.php/8384/fullpatchrevision2.diff

patch -p1 <fullpatchrevision2.diff

fakeroot dpkg-buildpackage -b