Installing Fedora on a Tablet with Infotmic OMAP x210 processor

[Mauro Carvalho Chehab]

Hi,

I'm trying to install Fedora arm on a tablet with the Infotmic OMAP x210 processor.

The device is shipped with a customized version of Android 2.2. The filesystem is
stored into one internal 8GB SD card, so after opening it, it is easy to override it
to whatever needed.

The device is this one: http://www.goclever.net/en/tablet/356-TAB-I101-.html
I bought two while in CZ for the KS/LinuxCon Europe for a bargain, so it would
be nice to get it supported on Fedora ;)

Android says it runs a kernel 2.6.32.9 zjd@dtlinuxserver #45.

There isn't many information about the processor at the manufacturer's site:
http://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=pt-BR&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&...

It seems, from the above, that it has an ARM11 CPU running at 1GHz.

My question is:

1) would it be possible to use the existing uImage kernel to boot it with Fedora?

2) Does anyone know where I could get the arm subarch patches (if required)
in order to compile a new kernel for it?

Thanks,
Mauro

On Nov 6, 2011, at 1:55 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:

>  Hi,
>  
>  I'm trying to install Fedora arm on a tablet with the Infotmic OMAP x210 processor.
The manufacturer's page states that is an InfoTMIC IMAPx210 You might have more
success for searching for information using the correct name.
>  
>  The device is shipped with a customized version of Android 2.2. The filesystem is
>  stored into one internal 8GB SD card, so after opening it, it is easy to override it
>  to whatever needed.
>  
>  The device is this one: http://www.goclever.net/en/tablet/356-TAB-I101-.html
>  I bought two while in CZ for the KS/LinuxCon Europe for a bargain, so it would
>  be nice to get it supported on Fedora ;)
>  
>  Android says it runs a kernel 2.6.32.9 zjd@dtlinuxserver #45.
>  
>  There isn't many information about the processor at the manufacturer's site:
>
> http://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=pt-BR&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&...
>  
>  It seems, from the above, that it has an ARM11 CPU running at 1GHz. 
Which would indicate it is ARM v6 instruction set ( as stated at
http://www.goclever.net/en/tablet/356-TAB-I101-.html )

>  
>  My question is:
>  
>  1) would it be possible to use the existing uImage kernel to boot it with Fedora?
>  
>  2) Does anyone know where I could get the arm subarch patches (if required)
>  in order to compile a new kernel for it? 
Ask the manufacturer to comply with the GPL and give you the source if it has not been
upstreamed.

>  
>  Thanks,
>  Mauro
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A quick search revealed this thread:
http://us.generation-nt.com/answer/debian-gnu-linux-tablet-hardware-help-...




Quoting Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab(a)infradead.org&gt;:

>  Hi,
>
>  I'm trying to install Fedora arm on a tablet with the Infotmic OMAP  
>  x210 processor.
>
>  The device is shipped with a customized version of Android 2.2. The  
>  filesystem is
>  stored into one internal 8GB SD card, so after opening it, it is  
>  easy to override it
>  to whatever needed.
>
>  The device is this one: http://www.goclever.net/en/tablet/356-TAB-I101-.html
>  I bought two while in CZ for the KS/LinuxCon Europe for a bargain,  
>  so it would
>  be nice to get it supported on Fedora ;)
>
>  Android says it runs a kernel 2.6.32.9 zjd@dtlinuxserver #45.
>
>  There isn't many information about the processor at the manufacturer's site:
>
> http://translate.google.com.br/translate?hl=pt-BR&sl=zh-CN&tl=en&...
>
>  It seems, from the above, that it has an ARM11 CPU running at 1GHz.
>
>  My question is:
>
>  1) would it be possible to use the existing uImage kernel to boot it  
>  with Fedora?
>
>  2) Does anyone know where I could get the arm subarch patches (if required)
>  in order to compile a new kernel for it?
>
>  Thanks,
>  Mauro
>  _______________________________________________
>  arm mailing list
>  arm(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
>  https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/arm 


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