Re: Jornada 7xx and Flashrom?

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Hi Mr. Jan!
I think that w/ 64Mb of Flash and 128Mb of Ram, we could assembly a Qtopia =
or=20
even a X based system w/ lots of software including web browsers like=20
konqueror embedded or mozilla minino, audio players, nice window=20
managers, ...
and w/ 128Mb of ram, we can do a kernel compilation without problems!

I'd prefer the 64/128 flashboard option ;)

bye,
rafael diniz


Em Sex 30 Nov 2007, Jan Prochazka escreveu:
> Hello Kristoffer and all J7xx enthusiasts !
>
> I also looked through many FlashROM board discussions after I bought my
> J720 last year. Because I wanted flash board to play with and also wanted
> to give back something to Internet community, which gave me a lot, I
> decided to give it try. Unfortunately, I do not have much spare time and =
my
> HW knowledge are rusted at best, so my role here is mostly limited to be =
an
> investor. It showed to be bigger deal then one would expect and also the
> clever guy that is doing the actual job is busy now with some other stuff;
> so the whole project takes a little bit longer. However, I hope that the
> board (and also standalone USB programmer) could be ready for the prime
> time within few months. The board design allows 4 options:
> FlashROM 32MB or 64MB and
> SDRAM 64MB or 128MB
> Used chips are:
> 2x JS28F128P30T85 or JS28F256P30T95 (FlashROM 128Mb and 256Mb) and
> 2x MT48LC16M16A2P or MT48LC32M16A2P (SDRAM 256 and 512Mb)
> Both memory organizations are different from the original HP Flash Board
> and also from the original J7xx ROM boards, so some work would have to be
> done to make the OS happy.
> To validate the HW we plan to provide 2 more-less working boot loaders. O=
ne
> based on BLOB ver.2.0.5.pre2 and the second on the bootldr (not sure what
> exact version was the start point). Both, of course, under their original
> licenses. I do not know the retail price yet. Estimates that I did at
> summer came slightly below $100 for the minimal variant (32MB Flash + 64MB
> RAM) and around $120 for the maximum (64MB Flash + 128MB RAM) The main
> reason for the price difference was SDRAM cost. Saving on Flash would be a
> few bucks only (Would it be possible to make part or whole of the Flash
> accessible from the OS as another partition ?)
>
> If you, interested folks, could drop me an email with your preferences on
> memory configuration it would help me to make decisions about quantity and
> configuration of the first batch.
>
> Best Regards,
> Jan (Mr., just in case ;-))
>
> --- Kristoffer Ericson <[email protected]> wrote:
> > Greetings,
> >
> > This is another part of the endless flashrom discussion. I truly believe
> > that if we can get some new flashboards out
> > there, we can easily turn this machine into a "must have" device for
> > linux users.
> >
> > Im still coding away to make the real-suspend thing work but all this
> > would be avoided if we could
> > get flashboards.
> >
> > The specs is up on handhelds site I believe and for someone with
> > experience it shouldn't be that hard
> > to set into motion. The price for the end board isn't that important, I
> > bet users would easily put up
> > the money it takes to have true linux on the jornada. If needed I could
> > also round up interested users
> > on jlime and see how many we get. The point is that the manufacturer wi=
ll
> > not loose money over this.
> >
> > Also, since ebay is flooding with old rom boards. Any chance those could
> > be refitted with a flashrom? They
> > are selling them dead cheap so would be a bargain for any developer
> > interested.
> >
> > Im sure me and cmonex could fix a nice bootloader/lilo for the flashrom.
> >
> > Anyhow, any updates on this matter at all?
> >
> > Oh, and on a side note. Anyone actually got one of those flashboards?
> > Asking because support might be removed
> > from the kernel unless atleast one user steps up.
> >
> > Best wishes
> > Kristoffer

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