[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] initfs hacking questions

[From: Frantisek Dufka]

Hello,

recently  I tried to modify initfs to allow dual booting and got some 
questions:

Is there a way to get code of pressed HW key in /linuxrc script? There 
is command that waits  for keypress. There is also something is sysfs 
for detecting battery door, shell, headphone jack state but nothing 
simple for keys. Anything I missed or do I need to compile my own 
executable?

Which scratchbox uclibc toolchain should I use? There are two ones here
http://scratchbox.org/download/files/sbox-releases/0.9.8/tarball/
sf (softfloats) and non-sf.

What exactly is testserver? initfs is full in IT2006 so I need to delete 
something. I deleted testserver and its shared libraries and device 
seems to boot. Is this needed for device operation or it is really for 
factory testing or something like that so it never gets executed 
automatically on boot. How do I run those test anyway?

Can I distribute hacked initfs? If not, is binary patch OK?

Which functionality I loose when dsme is not executed from /linuxrc 
(battery charging?)

Is is a good idea to use cal-tool frequently (i.e on each boot) to set 
various flags (root device,..)? This get stored to flash, how it is with 
wear leveling of config partition?

Thanks for any answers.

Frantisek