[maemo-developers] N800 experimental host mode patches available

[From: Larry Battraw]

On 4/20/07, Andreas Hubel <andi at saerdnaer.de> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> do you or somebody else here know if the 770 also has this host
> detection via the ID pin feature?
>
> And why does the USB chip of the N800 don't need this 5V from external?
> I thougt it also need it, because there is only 3V and no 3 to 5V
> converter inside the device.

Actually there is 5V 100 mA charge pump included in the chipset.  It
includes native OTG support  and it's just a matter of turning on host
(OTG) mode and the 5V source on.  This will of course affect battery
life, but your average USB key, keyboard, or mouse shouldn't draw too
much.

Larry

>
> Regards,
> Andi
>
> Tony Lindgren schrieb:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been meaning to do this for a while, but only now got into it after
> > sorting out one more issue with the N800 USB DMA.
> >
> > I've posted some experimental N800 host mode patches to [1] for people
> > to play with. Although the N800 is not built to support host or OTG mode
> > and does not have a mini-B connector, you can still use it via some
> > software hacks.
> >
> > The patches are from the linux-omap git tree at [2] with some extra
> > patches to force N800 into host mode.
> >
> > The driver is still very much experimental and can cause file system
> > corruption on USB drives, so YMMV :)
> >
> > Anyways, let me know of issues and fixes.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Tony
> >
> > [1] http://muru.com/linux/n800-usb-host/
> > [2] http://master.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/tmlind/linux-omap-2.6.git;a=summary
> > _______________________________________________
> > maemo-developers mailing list
> > maemo-developers at maemo.org
> > https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
>
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> maemo-developers mailing list
> maemo-developers at maemo.org
> https://maemo.org/mailman/listinfo/maemo-developers
>
>
>