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On Fri, 29 Sep 2006, Robert Swindells wrote:

> Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 20:57:38 +0100 (BST)
> From: Robert Swindells <rjs@fdy2.demon.co.uk>
> To: andrew-netbsd@areilly.bpc-users.org
> Cc: briggs@netbsd.org, ober@linbsd.org, todd_allan@picovex.com,
>     port-arm@netbsd.org
> Subject: Re: Zaurus Port
> 
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> Andrew Reilly wrote:
>> On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 00:41:57 -0400
>> Allen Briggs <briggs@netbsd.org> wrote:
>
>>> On Thu, Sep 28, 2006 at 09:12:46PM -0500, Jaime A Fournier wrote:
>>>> Thanks I will check it out.
>>>> Should this be a new port you think? Or should
>>>> I just modify evbarm?
>>>
>>> My inclination, if it shares any hardware, would be to put it in
>>> hpcarm.  "hpc" stands for "handheld pc" (or some variation on that
>>> theme), and that fits the description of the Zaurus.
>>>
>>> Otherwise, probably a separate port.
>
>> Speaking of which: does the hpcarm port support any of the
>> currently available crop of handhelds?  I'd like to start a
>> personal project to turn something like the iPAQ rx1955, which is
>> cheap but has WiFi, into a remote control.  That would be a deal
>> nicer if I could do it on NetBSD, but the supported platforms on
>> the hpcarm page all look to be quite old.  I doubt that a
>> pre-XScale StrongArm system could be had, now.  Or are XScales
>> and the Samsung ARMs compatible enough?
>
> The iPAQ rx1955 isn't even fully supported by Linux yet.
>
> I'm currently working on adding support for the iPAQ 3900 to
> hpcarm. This is only slightly newer, but the main part of the work has
> been to allow multiple processor types to be referenced from
> files.hpcarm and to restructure hpcboot a bit.
>
> I was able to find several of the old models on eBay.
>
> The earlier devices have the benefit of allowing PCMCIA and CF devices
> to be used in the add-on sleeves.
>
> To go back to the original question, another developer was working on
> a SL-C3000 port.
Really? If so then I definately need to find out where they are at.
I will search the archives to see if I can find anything.
If you remember who it is please let me know.

Thanks!

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> Robert Swindells
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