[fedora-arm] Arm on Qualcomm 7200A

Peter Robinson pbrobinson at gmail.com
Tue Sep 27 22:46:45 UTC 2011


On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 10:22 PM, Kellerman <kelito at fedoraproject.org> wrote:
> 2011/9/27 Itamar Reis Peixoto <itamar at ispbrasil.com.br>
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 27, 2011 at 6:01 PM, Kellerman <kelito at fedoraproject.org>
>> 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.
>> >
>> > Again, sorry for my bad english & thanks.
>> >
>> > Regards.
>> >
>> > Kellerman Rivero (kelito)
>> > Fedora Ambassador
>> >
>> >
>>
>> I think will be probably more usefull showing fedora running in a
>>
>
> Itamar, I dont have that hardware.
> I am Ambassador, I think in promote use of Fedora.
> I think Fedora in Smartphone is a perfect marketing tool to motive people to
> use fedora in my country.

I don't disagree but the work to produce a working smart phone is not
insignificant. Its not something we're currently aiming for.
Tablets... well that's another thing. Its something that's actively
being looked at from a number of perspectives.

Peter


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