[fedora-arm] Installing Fedora on a Tablet with Infotmic OMAP x210 processor

[rihoward1 at gmail.com]

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 at 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&u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.infotmic.com%2Fcn%2Fproducts_xpxx2.asp
> 
> 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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