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

[From: Devesh Kothari]

ext Frantisek Dufka wrote:

> 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?
>
I am not a legal expert, but please read the EULA (End user license
agreement). I would be pretty surprise if they would let you do so :)

Devesh

> 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
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