[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Kernel issues on Nokia 770

[From: Frantisek Dufka]

> 1)
> Has anyone ever been making a kernel package for the Nokia 770 which can 
> be installed there with Application Installer rather than deploying 
> 'zImage' of new kernel onto the device?

Probably not. It is not straightforward at all, maybe even imposible. 
You would definitely need root privileges for messing with MTD (flash) 
partitions.

> 
> 2)
> Is it accomplishable at all to have a few kernel images on the Nokia at 
> the same time and choose one using a boot loader as it usually happens 
> with normal Linux mashines?

I think it can be done but not easily. The bootloader canot choose 
between multiple kernels and there is not space dedicated to multiple 
kernels. One solution is kexec 
http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-kexec.html

BTW, please do not cross post to multiple list, just pick one randomly 
:-) It is hard to track mutliple replies going to multiple lists.

Frantisek