[fedora-arm] Arm on Qualcomm 7200A

[Chris Tyler]

On Tue, 2011-09-27 at 16:31 -0430, Kellerman wrote:
> Hi people, before all sorry for my bad english, I am latinoamerican
> Ambassador, especifically in Venezuelan, I have a smartphone Huawei,
> Model UM840. Actually is smartphone leader in Movilnet Carrier.
> 
> My idea is: Run Fedora in um840 to promote Fedora in my country.
> 
> um840 use a ARM11 Family processor, Qualcomm 7200A at 528Mhz with
> 198mb RAM.
> 
> The phone have Android OS (2.1).
> 
> if Android is based in Linux Kernel, then I think in port Fedora Linux
> to phone.
> 
> but I have two problems.
> 
> 1) I don't know a bootloader to dual boot (Android + Fedora)
> 2) I don't know How to port Fedora 12 Arm in readable binary image for
> smartphone.


Hi Kellerman,

Running a distribution on a phone can be a challenge because drivers for
the phone component are generally not available. There are some devices
which clearly separate the phone and non-phone sides, and it's easier to
load your own software on that type of device.

Perhaps the Fedora Meego people would have some good suggestions?

-Chris