Kindle 3.0 Source Released

yifanlu · 08-25-2010, 06:21 PM

Not sure when this was up, but a search on this site shows nobody else posting it, so...

Direct from Amazon:
http://kindle.s3.amazonaws.com/Kindl...5460094.tar.gz

I'll post more info when I dig through the source.

EDIT:
Kernel is now 2.6.26 (vs 2.6.22 on Kindle 2). MarioMX (Kindle 2's system) no longer has a config file (don't know how similar the new arch is, or what the codename is).
EDIT 2:
The config files Amazon added are:
imx21ads_defconfig
imx27ads_defconfig
imx31_3stack_defconfig
imx31ads_defconfig
imx35_3stack_defconfig
imx35_luigi_defconfig
imx35evb_defconfig
imx37_3stack_defconfig
imx51_3stack_defconfig
Could "Luigi" be the new Kindle's internel name?
Ok, googling all these file names gives results except "imx35_luigi_defconfig", so it must be new to the world. Could the Kindle 3 be a MX35 machine?
EDIT 3:
Yup, Luigi is the new Kindle, and iMX35 is it's arch. Also, the root fs is now 256MB, rather then 128MB. And, as expected the new kernel supports wireless & netfilter (for wireless functions). One day, I'll try to compile this kernel for now-old Kindle 2. Wifi Card seems to have an "ATHEROS AR6000" chip. USB Networking is still in the kernel (not sure about firmware though).
EDIT 4:
There's SD card support is in the kernel, but unsure if it's in the hardware.
Edit 5:
Kindle 2 support is gone (at least in this source release of the kernel). Either amazon will release a different (older) version of the kernel for kindle 2 3.0, or kindle 2 won't get 3.0.

wallcraft · 08-27-2010, 12:26 AM

I have added iMX35 to the E-book Reader Matrix. Can you tell if the EInk controller is still an Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521)?

NiLuJe · 08-30-2010, 11:38 AM

Also, AFAICT, it seems the Kernel is now based in Ingo Molnar's RT patchset.

(Linux version 2.6.26-rt-lab126 (build@ubuntu-jaunty-build-01) (gcc version 4.1.2) #5 PREEMPT RT Sat Jul 31 01:09:00 PDT 2010)

(http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/)

08-25-2010, 06:21 PM	#1
yifanlu Kindle Dissector Posts: 662 Karma: 475607 Join Date: Jul 2010 Device: Amazon Kindle 3	Kindle 3.0 Source Released Not sure when this was up, but a search on this site shows nobody else posting it, so... Direct from Amazon: http://kindle.s3.amazonaws.com/Kindl...5460094.tar.gz I'll post more info when I dig through the source. EDIT: Kernel is now 2.6.26 (vs 2.6.22 on Kindle 2). MarioMX (Kindle 2's system) no longer has a config file (don't know how similar the new arch is, or what the codename is). EDIT 2: The config files Amazon added are: imx21ads_defconfig imx27ads_defconfig imx31_3stack_defconfig imx31ads_defconfig imx35_3stack_defconfig imx35_luigi_defconfig imx35evb_defconfig imx37_3stack_defconfig imx51_3stack_defconfig Could "Luigi" be the new Kindle's internel name? Ok, googling all these file names gives results except "imx35_luigi_defconfig", so it must be new to the world. Could the Kindle 3 be a MX35 machine? EDIT 3: Yup, Luigi is the new Kindle, and iMX35 is it's arch. Also, the root fs is now 256MB, rather then 128MB. And, as expected the new kernel supports wireless & netfilter (for wireless functions). One day, I'll try to compile this kernel for now-old Kindle 2. Wifi Card seems to have an "ATHEROS AR6000" chip. USB Networking is still in the kernel (not sure about firmware though). EDIT 4: There's SD card support is in the kernel, but unsure if it's in the hardware. Edit 5: Kindle 2 support is gone (at least in this source release of the kernel). Either amazon will release a different (older) version of the kernel for kindle 2 3.0, or kindle 2 won't get 3.0. Last edited by yifanlu; 08-25-2010 at 10:27 PM.

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08-27-2010, 12:26 AM	#2
wallcraft reader Posts: 6,977 Karma: 5183568 Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Mississippi, USA Device: Kindle 3, Kobo Glo HD	I have added iMX35 to the E-book Reader Matrix. Can you tell if the EInk controller is still an Epson Broadsheet (S1D13521)?

08-30-2010, 11:38 AM	#3
NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,506 Karma: 26047190 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Also, AFAICT, it seems the Kernel is now based in Ingo Molnar's RT patchset. (Linux version 2.6.26-rt-lab126 (build@ubuntu-jaunty-build-01) (gcc version 4.1.2) #5 PREEMPT RT Sat Jul 31 01:09:00 PDT 2010) (http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/projects/rt/)

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