Gp2x F-200 Linux Source Code


simonb

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GPH have released the linux source tree for the F200.

This of course enables you to happily brick your GP2X^W^W^W^Wrecompile your kernel and any new modules you need.

You can download the code via subversion from : http://svn.gp2x.com/gp2x/tag/kernel-f200/

However, you may find it easier to download it from my site, where I've created a tarball of the code.

http://kaizo.org/misc/gp2x/4.0.0.tar.bz2

I've made a diff too of the release against the 2.1.x code, http://kaizo.org/misc/gp2x/2.1.x_to_4.0.0.patch.bz2
(the diff is 56kb compressed)


(If you want an older release of the kernel code, I've also got the following tarballs available)

http://kaizo.org/misc/gp2x/2.1.x.tar.bz2
http://kaizo.org/misc/gp2x/1.4.0.tar.gz
 
This is good news. Thanks for the tarball too.

Off topic though: Ive never been able to put together the exact meaning of the "^W." I think I get the gist of it but anyone care to elaborate?
 
Is it possible now for devs to change the level of default volume and the crashing of some programs?
Would also be nice to see the clickstick emulated.
 
linoleum13 said:
This is good news. Thanks for the tarball too.

Off topic though: Ive never been able to put together the exact meaning of the "^W." I think I get the gist of it but anyone care to elaborate?
it is what you would send to a terminal to erase the last word. ^H i the code for backspace, and so on. so in terms of humor it's like typing a strikethrough or clearing you throat over a word.
 
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Also, a lot of old terminals (and even some new ones which don't have the correct emulation) actually print to the display ^H when pressing backspace/etc. Un*x geeks started using this behaviour themselves as humour. It stuck. Now geeks worldwide use it.
 
Squidge said:
Also, a lot of old terminals (and even some new ones which don't have the correct emulation) actually print to the display ^H when pressing backspace/etc. Un*x geeks started using this behaviour themselves as humour. It stuck. Now geeks worldwide use it.
In unix you set your backspace character to whatever works for you. It was not invented there either, you'll have to go back much, much further than that. There are many different terminals to emulate and none of them are correct for like everything else in unix, you have to set it to whatever you are using.

man stty
man tset
 
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editor war!!!!!

i'm decent with vi, hadn't used vim a whole lot, but i was so happy when i discovered nano :D

on-topic: glad they did this, was worried they wouldn't given the "prompting" that the original source release required.
 
You wouldn't want the GPH version of SDL, believe me.

As for editors, I've used vi, but preferred pico until nano came out.
 
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Well, you can ask for the nand "partition table", and you can read any of those "partitions". So yes, you can read the kernel using 'dd' by using the /dev/mtd device and selecting the appropriate "partition".

(or, you can use uboot, but then its a bit more tricky to get the file to your pc, as you don't have sd access)
 
vi: for when you need a text editor that's turing complete, and your control key is broken.

emacs: doesn't even run directx 10 games yet. what a crock.
 
The main thing about vi is that there's only one non-alphanumeric key you need: the escape key. Which means that if you're used to it, vi is faster to use than other editors.
 
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