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igorsk · 09-27-2006, 05:38 AM

It seems the kernel has changed very little from Librie. Config "ebook4" adds the following compared to the Librie's "ebook2":
1) Support for Dragonball MX1 Lite (energy-saving version of MX1?).
2) Support for "EBX5009", which seems to be a Flash memory controller (bigger chip size?) the internal name of PRS-500. NOR bus changed from 32 bit to 16 bit, some NAND logic was amended. Support for 128MB (bit/byte?) added.
3) There is a new kernel config called "ebook4nfs". It enables Ethernet (SMC91111 controller), PPP, NFS, SMB and some other protocols. I wonder if it's used only on dev models or they're actually planning to release a networked version?

09-27-2006, 05:38 AM	#8
igorsk Wizard Posts: 3,442 Karma: 300001 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Belgium Device: PRS-500/505/700, Kindle, Cybook Gen3, Words Gear	It seems the kernel has changed very little from Librie. Config "ebook4" adds the following compared to the Librie's "ebook2": 1) Support for Dragonball MX1 Lite (energy-saving version of MX1?). 2) Support for "EBX5009", which seems to be a Flash memory controller (bigger chip size?) the internal name of PRS-500. NOR bus changed from 32 bit to 16 bit, some NAND logic was amended. Support for 128MB (bit/byte?) added. 3) There is a new kernel config called "ebook4nfs". It enables Ethernet (SMC91111 controller), PPP, NFS, SMB and some other protocols. I wonder if it's used only on dev models or they're actually planning to release a networked version? Last edited by igorsk; 09-27-2006 at 06:00 AM.