[Angstrom-devel] HTC Alpine development

[Phil Krylov]

Hi,

OK maybe this is wrong list for kernel problems? you're packaging only
world? Still, I want to ask if your distro releases for different ARM
platforms differ only in included kernel modules or there are other
differences?

-- Ph.

On 13/03/2008, Phil Krylov <phil.krylov at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi.
>
>  I am new to the list, so let me introduce myself (shortly). I am Phil
>  Krylov, an opensource supporter ;)
>
>  I have a Qtek 2020i aka HTC Alpine. I've managed to compile a working
>  zImage (2.6.21-hh20) from HH.org CVS, install its modules into
>  Angstrom-gpe-image-test-20070406-htcuniversal.rootfs.tar.bz2, and boot
>  into GPE. But there are some problems, so I wanted to ask if Alpine
>  platform support can be revived in Angstrom (or will it differ from
>  the Universal image only in installed kernel modules?). I can help on
>  my side by testing and probably fixing some of the problems.
>
>  Currently I can tell of the following issues, starting with dmesg:
>
>  1. What kernel thinks about CPU:
>
>  CPU: XScale-PXA270 [69054117] revision 7 (ARMv5TE), cr=0000397f
>  ...
>  Run Mode clock: 104.00 MHz (*8)
>  Turbo Mode clock: 416.00 MHz (*4.0, active)
>
>  AFAIK Alpine has a 520-MHz PXA272, not PXA270.
>
>  2. usbnet works strange. First, if alpine is not plugged in USB cradle
>  while booting (or is badly plugged - the cradle plug is quite worn
>  out), it says something like:
>
>  pxa27x_udc: There are error in configuration, udc disabled
>
>  Second, if plugged while booting, I can ifconfig usb0 but nothing is
>  seen on the PC side (ok probably this is PC-side problem, I'll
>  investigate further).
>
>  3. I don't think my Alpine has IRDA, but:
>
>  irattach: Starting device irda0
>   and ifconfig reports an irda0 device with a MAC address.
>
>  4. Another strange kernel message (probably for badly compiled GPE binaries):
>
>  Alignment trap: keylaunch (2911) PC=0x40207384 Instr=0xe5102004
>  Address=0x00019eb5 FSR 0x013
>  Alignment trap: gpe-confd (2910) PC=0x401975ec Instr=0x15843000
>  Address=0xbe9bb1d3 FSR 0x813
>
>  5. The problem that disturbs me more than everything else: the
>  touchscreen works, but much worse than in WinCE: the touches are often
>  offset by 20-100 pixels from real place. I think it's also too
>  sensitive, because the shorter I touch the better are results, and
>  when I touch and hold, mouse pointer starts shivering. Can the touch
>  speed (like doubleclick speed on PCs) be set somewhere? The kernel
>  reports it's an HTC Universal touchscreen (htcuniversal_ts), is it OK
>  for Alpine?
>
>  6. Screen brightness control in GPE does not work. Auto dim in 3
>  minutes does not work.
>
>  7. Can't wakeup from Auto sleep.
>
>  8. Battery level can't be read.
>
>  9. Sound does not work.
>
>  10. "Keys and Buttons" app closes just after opening a window. But
>  Alt-Left ("Contacts"-"JoystickLeft") to display boot messages above
>  bootsplash works. Other than that, the buttons don't seem to do
>  anything.
>
>  11. "Dialer" app closes just after opening a window.
>
>  12. Haven't found any app that would allow to use the builtin camera.
>
>  -- Ph.
>


-- 
С уважением,
Филипп Крылов.