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2010-09-12
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Probably not the entire answer but a good starting point about the binary packages is the wiki page.
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A2DP unstable when WiFi is on.
"Wi-Fi Protected Setup" doesn't work, is not optional, and is used when disabled.
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A2DP unstable when WiFi is on.
"Wi-Fi Protected Setup" doesn't work, is not optional, and is used when disabled.
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2010-09-12
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Where does the N900 firmware come from?
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Seriously though - when you're installing Maemo stuff in scratchbox, there is a unique link that you get for proprietary binary packages, the one you stick in /etc/apt/sources.list - that's where they come from (Nokia servers)
The entire source code has never been available unfortunately, but you can build the kernel, the closed parts are just modules.
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2010-09-12
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Originally Posted by dchky
Thank you very much!
From the cabbage patch - or the stalk.
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Seriously though - when you're installing Maemo stuff in scratchbox, there is a unique link that you get for proprietary binary packages, the one you stick in /etc/apt/sources.list - that's where they come from (Nokia servers)
The entire source code has never been available unfortunately, but you can build the kernel, the closed parts are just modules.
That's what I really want to know.
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2010-09-14
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I think elves in the base of a tree in a magical forest make it one line of code at a time. I think as a side line they make cookies too!
Originally Posted by dchky
From the cabbage patch - or the stalk.
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2010-09-14
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Originally Posted by justforfun
That stuff is not needed for kernel. It is microprograms inside big chips (radio, WiFi etc) but not for ARM which runs Linux kernel.
And in the source code, I cannot find the bin files. So my question is when building the maemo kernel image, where do the bin files come from?
It is loaded in chips once during upgrade or may be once after each kernel boot directly into chips.
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2010-09-14
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Originally Posted by egoshin
Actually, some of those chips may be ARM
That stuff is not needed for kernel. It is microprograms inside big chips (radio, WiFi etc) but not for ARM which runs Linux kernel.
Firmware or 'binary blobs' is usually closed-source. My Ubuntu laptop has tons of them in /lib/firmware which apparently are freely distributable; this isn't always the case (sometimes for legal/government reasons). They are required to get functionality out of hardware, not for running Scratchbox.
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2010-09-18
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Thanks you for further clarification! I have better understanding of them now.
But in my scratchbox, I downloaded the maemo source code by command below.
apt-get source kernel
And in the source code, I cannot find the bin files. So my question is when building the maemo kernel image, where do the bin files come from?
Someone told me that now we cannot build the maemo kernel image (zImage) due to the whole source code isn't released to users anymore, is it true? Can someone give me the link how to build a zImage of maemo for N900?
Thanks!