Friday, August 05, 2011

 

Porting Linux to the Nokia E90 Communicator

Not sure why it has not been done!
So the study goes on

E90 runs on the ARM11 (OMAP2420 @ 330 MHz) Processor.
The same chip runs on the N93 & N95 too.

Nokia's memory(not sure which one) can be mounted using obex_fs

https://wiki.engr.illinois.edu/display/SRG/OMAP2420+Software+Development+Platform+Bringup

http://www.nokiaport.de/n95info/?id=processor
http://nokiaport.de/index.php?mid=2&pid=processor



The platform id (0x102032BE) of E90 is same as that of N95 & related ones
See http://nokiaport.de/printpage.php?pid=deviceid

See
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/linux-mobile-81/linux-for-nokia-n95-8gb-778484/

Possible hack method 1
http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/showthread.php?p=4435113#post4435113

Possible hack method 2
http://mynewn95.blogspot.com/2008/06/running-linux-on-imate-pda2k-blueangel.html

Anytux says N95 is not compatible with Linux...
Just wondering what could be reason..... something to do with MMU and things around it ???
http://www.anytux.org/hardware.php?system_id=1969

N95 CPLD
http://www.ownways.com/Unlock_N95/Dejan_s_Solution.html

Some pix
http://images.linuxidx.com/go.php?filter=off&page=3&q=nokia+n95+linux

Photoshopping
http://www.flickr.com/photos/21908568@N05/2118459232/

Tool chain available
http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-omap@vger.kernel.org/msg03413.html

That would probably capture, amongst others, the attention of the Nokia
legal team, since the processor used is the High Security variant and
succeding in flashing the image means that one has a valid http://www.blogger.com/img/blank.gifsignign key.

http://www.mail-archive.com/linux-omap@vger.kernel.org/msg03422.html

OMAP X-Loader & Stuff
http://beagleboard.org/project/X-Loader/
http://www.omappedia.org/wiki/Bootloader_Project
https://gforge.ti.com/gf/project/bootloader/frs/

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E90 Symbian Development
http://www.developer.nokia.com/Devices/Device_specifications/E90_Communicator/

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