[yocto] yocto tools on a nokia n800

[Tom Zanussi]

On Tue, 2010-11-02 at 06:20 -0700, tiagoprn wrote:
> Hello again!
> 
> I think nokia n8xx could be a nice example of what yocto/poky are
> capable of.
> 
> Especially now that Nokia has abandoned this devices, it would be cool
> to have a new OS being supported on it. 
> 

Yes, I agree.

> I'm new to poky, so, if you could make it easier to build the toochain
> to build it to a n800, me and many other n8xx owners would be quite
> happy. 

Right, it doesn't seem to be working out of the box - I'll take a look
and see if we can't rescue it from meta-extras...

BTW, I'd actually like to have one of these for myself - can you suggest
a source for them other than eBay?

Thanks,

Tom

> 
> Regards,
> 
> 
> 2010/11/1 Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com>
>         
>         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:
>                 
>                 # Other supported machines
>                 .
>                 .
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 #MACHINE ?= "nokia800"
>                 
>                 
>                 and see this section in README.hardware:
>                 
>                 '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
>         
>                 
>                 Tom
>                 
>                 
>                 
>                 
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