[maemo-developers] [maemo-developers] Getting scratchbox CPU transparency working on the n770

[From: Marius Gedminas]

On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 11:11:31AM -0800, Ralph Giles wrote:
> On Mon, Nov 20, 2006 at 10:28:31AM -0800, Carl Worth wrote:
> 
> > Is that 2.1? And is "updated" newer than "final".

Yes, it is.  Initially it confused me too.

> > I'm guessing yes,
> > since the "updated" one has a name with 2.2006.39-14 in it, while the
> > "final" one has 1.2006.26-8 which has smaller numbers in it at
> > least. But I still haven't figured out any relation between these
> > names/numbers and some of the other naming schemes I've seen here,
> > ("2.1", "mistral", "sardine", etc.). Can someone point me to the
> > canonical place where this is all sorted out?
> 
> It doesn't seem to be all that consistent. 'mistral', 'sardine' etc. 
> are distribution version code names, a la debian. But I think there's an 
> additional fuzzy "compatibility" sense, in that mistral is 2.0 and 
> sirocco is 2.1, but apps built against mistral should still work on 
> sirocco. This is based on the apt/sources.list on my tablet and 
> speculation. 'sardine' seems to be the equivalent of debian unstable or 
> experimental. It's for testing, but never released directly.

And then there's the difference between the "Internet Tablet OS" and
Maemo itself.  IT OS is built on top of Maemo and has version numbers
like 1.2006.26-8 and 2.2006.39-14.  It contains large chunks of
non-free software (most of the builtin apps on the 770 are nonfree) and
is not redistributable.  Therefore annoying click-through licences for
the download page.

Maemo is often released after the corresponding IT OS release.  IT OS 2005
corresponds to Maemo 1.1, IT OS 2006.1 corresponds to Maemo 2.0 (also
called "mistral"), IT OS 2006.2 corresponds to Maemo 2.1.

> > (Not to mention having to remove my battery
> > just to read the serial number back out again.)
> 
> It's the same as your tablet's MAC address, so you can also get it by 
> running '/sbin/ifconfig wlan0' in an xterm. I just wrote mine down.

It is also shown in Control Panel -> Product dialog, in the About tab.

Marius Gedminas
-- 
Real programmers don't write in BASIC.  Actually, no programmers write in
BASIC after reaching puberty.
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