11-20-2007, 02:16 AM | #1 |
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Some Kindle source code digging
So I poked around the sources a little bit, and here is what I've discovered so far (pardon the disorder, my mind sometimes works in mysterious ways):
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11-22-2007, 04:01 AM | #2 |
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Hardware Specs??
Its good to see the software specs.. Has anybody tried to find out whats the hardware? That should be interesting stuff..
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11-22-2007, 05:18 AM | #3 |
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As far as I can guess from the sources:
The base system is based on a Gumstix board. The CPU is XScale PXA250. The I/O chip to talk to the PN-LCD, keyboard, scrollwheel and battery is from Foxconn. Flash chip is OneNAND from Samsung. The CDMA modem is AnyData DTG. USB controller is Philips ISP1761 (it has On-The-Go!). Eink controller is Apollo (the older one used in PRS-500 etc, I think). Audio is WM8971. |
04-06-2008, 12:19 PM | #4 |
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Kindle USB Controller
Here's a blurb on the [presumed] USB controller
http://www.nxp.com/acrobat_download/...7/75011327.pdf |
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There are PC emulators for RiscOS which natively runs an ARM processor, see http://www.riscos.info/index.php/RPCEmu |
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03-08-2009, 08:22 PM | #6 |
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Keith,
qemu + the kindle's linux userland and a kernel built with a few additional drivers _should_ mostly "just work" |
03-08-2009, 09:15 PM | #7 |
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You could probably run it in Scratchbox without too much trouble.
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03-09-2009, 05:27 AM | #8 |
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09-23-2009, 09:41 PM | #9 |
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Compile Kindle 2 firmware
Hi there.
Has anyone managed to compile and build a Kindle 2 firmware? I downloaded the source code, but there's a fair amount of stuff missing before you can start compiling... I made the mistake of upgrading to 2.0.3 and then realised I couldn't do USB tethering anymore ... I'd like to downgrade, or better compile my own firmware. I'm quite familiar with the ARM architecture Any hints would be appreciated. Cheers Jean-Yves Last edited by jyavenard; 09-23-2009 at 09:52 PM. |
10-04-2009, 01:34 AM | #10 |
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You can't compile it since Amazon publishes only part of the source code (the portion of linux sources that they've used or modded). Source code of actual client application is not included.
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