Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265861AbTFSRbd (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:31:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265862AbTFSRbd (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:31:33 -0400 Received: from munk.apl.washington.edu ([128.95.96.184]:40903 "EHLO munk.apl.washington.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265861AbTFSRbZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Jun 2003 13:31:25 -0400 Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2003 11:04:53 -0700 (PDT) From: Brian Dushaw To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, cc: "psilinux.org" Subject: Help Wanted: A request for kernel developers for the Psion netBook PDA/subnotebook Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2017 Lines: 42 Development of linux on various Psion PDA's is a going concern at http://www.psilinux.org/ Some of us recently got a kernel to work for the Psion netBook, a subnotebook type of PDA. The netbook uses an Intel SA-1100 StrongARM 190 Mhz CPU. We are looking for a few good kernel developers to work on ETNA/compactflash support, the touch screen support, PCMCIA support, sound support, etc. A preliminary HOWTO for linux on the netBook, including a wishlist for the kernel can be found at http://linux-7110.sourceforge.net/cgi-bin/index.cgi?url=howtos/netbook/netHOWTO.htm Debian ARM binary distributions are ready to be plugged in, if we can get things like touch screen and compactflash support working. Kernel development is rather challenging because of the paucity of documentation from Psion Ltd., but some documentation is available. We have some documents that can be made available 'to bona-fide kernel developers' - no non-disclosure agreement is required, but you can't pass them around wily-nily either. It's probably worth making clear that at the moment the need is not for people who can hack given the docs, but for those who can hack despite the absence of docs (a much harder task). We have hopes of eventually getting more documentation, but no joy yet. (Support for the very similar Series 5MX PDA hardware is fairly complete.) You may post inquiries at: linux-7110-psion at lists dot sourceforge dot net No pay or benefits, and it is doubtful that anyone will provide you with a free netBook for development. But this is a challenging project, and the netBook would be a sweet machine with Debian linux on it. Retail netBooks are fairly pricey, but machines appear on e-bay at regular intervals, selling in the $300-500 range. B.D. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/