New 2.6.24.3 kernel and Debian Lenny for JZ4730 based MINIPCs

[Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller]

Hi all,
as you may know we have worked a while on the JZ4730 based MINIPCs  
(available under different brands e.g. Letux 400) which are quite  
lightweight (ca. 670 g) and still low powered to make them a nice  
companion for the Freerunner with keyboard and larger display.

Now I think the kernel and rootfs efforts are ripe enough to be  
useable. We have recently fixed:

* missing touchpad button driver
* issue with RTC / i2c bus driver
* device did not power off after 'shutdown -h now'
* correct bootstrap of Debian Lenny base install (no X11 predefined  
but apt-get install is your friend...)

The kernel & rootfs can be installed on a two-partition SD Card and  
can (only) be booted from there (it is not yet ready for permanently  
flashing). More fixes will come to make it bullet proof and user  
friendly (e.g. LEDs should indicate caps/num lock etc.). Please also  
note that sound is not working correctly.

CDC Ethernet/USB connection of a Freerunner now also works out of the  
box following instructions at [1].

To keep things systematic there are two separate projects

a) Kernel
Project: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/letux-400/
Mailing List: http://lists.linuxtogo.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mipsbook-devel
Hardware Infos: http://projects.kwaak.net/twiki/bin/view/Epc700/WebHome

b) Debian Lenny
Project: http://projects.goldelico.com/p/l400-rootfs/
Mailing List: http://lists.goldelico.com/mailman/listinfo/lenny400

Nikolaus

[1] http://wiki.openmoko.org/wiki/USB_Networking#Simple_Manual_Linux_Configuration