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Originally Posted by alex_d
This looks awesome. I'm really dying to do some sony reader development. I hope you buy one soon.
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I'm afraid that is a bit unlikely. Going from the Librié to the Reader isn't much of an upgrade. ;-)
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Originally Posted by alex_d
Actually, some people have already succeeded running programs on the reader.
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Then it should be possible to run the USB console/root shell, too.
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Originally Posted by alex_d
However, how are you able to control the screen of the librie? This part i think hasn't been figured out too well for the reader.
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Hmmm, doesn't the Reader use the same hardware? The same knowledge should apply.
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Were you able to gain direct access to the framebuffer, and can you control other things like screen refreshes?
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That was the first step. The second was modifying the Nano-X server and having it take care of drawing and refreshing on its own, so that individual ("client") programs don't have to.
Anyway, some technical background is here:
http://dev.hyperstruct.net/libriex/#background
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really interesting thing would be porting a full-fledged X server (yes, it can and does run on similarly sized devices). Then you would be able to run a browser, a text editor, a terminal, etc. and basically turn the device into an e-ink tablet. (Ah, time. Sigh.)