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

[From: Carl Worth]

On Mon, 20 Nov 2006 21:33:18 +0200, Marius Gedminas wrote:
> > > Is that 2.1? And is "updated" newer than "final".
>
> Yes, it is.  Initially it confused me too.

Thanks for the clarification.

> > It doesn't seem to be all that consistent. 'mistral', 'sardine' etc.
> > are distribution version code names, a la debian.

OK, Is there at least a list of these somewhere explaining the
relationship between them?

> 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.

Ah, that's a very important clarification. I hadn't understood that
distinction at all, and that's an important one. (The click-through
thing makes it exceedingly unclear what pieces are coming under what
licenses.)

> 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.

OK, so is there any complete image that will fill my device will all
free software? I've found the 2.1 "developer" rootfs files I pointed
to earlier. Are those all free software? If so, could they be hosted
somewhere without the click-through so that re-distributability is
more obvious? Also, how about a more complete maemo image, (with
kernel, initfs, etc.) Does that exist? That's definitely what I would
want to work with if I were to ever do any development on this device.

> > 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.

Yes, I did just write mine down.

But the real bug was that I was downloading non-free software for this
device. That's what I'd like to fix. Has anyone succeeded in doing
that and can point me to how to do the same?

-Carl
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