iLiad Other Java development options...?

thisisfrancis · 07-21-2007, 07:32 PM

Hello,

I just happened onto these forums while browsing about the Iliad- I'm a Java developer myself, so seeing the activity around Java development on this gadget is very interesting...

I'm sure you're all aware that the Tao Group ceased operations back in June and had its assets sold to a private firm:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06...dministration/

So clearly, the future development and support of the Intent platform is in question, regardless if iRex wished it to be available for 3rd party developers to use or not.

That being said, the continuing proliferation of Linux on Internet appliances and the open source release of Java seems to have reinvigorated Java-on-Linux efforts. I wonder if anyone has evaluated the possibility of running any of the following on the Iliad:

http://jalimo.org/
http://midpath.thenesis.org/

Perhaps it could provide a better path to open Java development on the Iliad? Best of luck...

Francis

asteban · 07-31-2007, 05:47 AM

Hi Francis,

we from tarent GmbH (the people mainly behind Jalimo) are currently playing with an iliad. So there is a good chance to get free Java support there ;-)

Regards,
Sebastian

asteban · 09-10-2007, 10:06 AM

There it is:
http://www.jalimo.org/wiki/doku.php?...s#irex_ereader

Adam B. · 09-10-2007, 11:25 AM

Very cool!

Did you include the functions for screen refreshes?

asteban · 09-11-2007, 03:29 AM

No.
We are testing java-gnome together with the patched xlib, at the moment.
But the cacao currently crashes when called with this changed library path.
Previous tests with jamvm worked fine on this.

But I don't want iliad refresh-api calls in my applications!

thebohemian · 09-27-2007, 09:23 AM

The ereader patch for the xlibs does some strange things (like shutting down all filedescriptors from 1 to 1024 regardless of what they mean) and somehow the signal handling seems to get in conflict with that of the VM itself.

I therefore wrote a separate application which does the eripc stuff and can be triggered through a very simple Unix domain socket connection. A client for this application just need to send a 1 or something else and thats all. No select(), no fork(), nothing.

You can find the application (source code, of course) here http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/~rschust...s-1.3.1.tar.gz

If you like it simpler. Just add http://jalimo.org/iliad/jalimo to your /etc/ipkg.conf and add "arch jalimo 26" to the /etc/ipkg/arch.conf . Then do ipkg update and ipkg install er-refresh-tools. Documentation for the app is lacking atm but there is very little time for fixing usability. The sourcecode is released under GNU GPL v2 or later and is included in the jalimo SVN repository http://evolvis.org/projects/jalimo/ .

This project also maintains a full OpenEmbedded-based development environment allowing each and everyone to compile applications for the Iliad in a clean and reproducible way.

The project is currently mostly company sponsored. Everything is free software/open-source and you are completely free to use what we provide in any way you like*.

Contributions are welcome!

*That is what free software is all about.

07-21-2007, 07:32 PM	#1
thisisfrancis Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: Onyx Boox Note	Other Java development options...? Hello, I just happened onto these forums while browsing about the Iliad- I'm a Java developer myself, so seeing the activity around Java development on this gadget is very interesting... I'm sure you're all aware that the Tao Group ceased operations back in June and had its assets sold to a private firm: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2007/06...dministration/ So clearly, the future development and support of the Intent platform is in question, regardless if iRex wished it to be available for 3rd party developers to use or not. That being said, the continuing proliferation of Linux on Internet appliances and the open source release of Java seems to have reinvigorated Java-on-Linux efforts. I wonder if anyone has evaluated the possibility of running any of the following on the Iliad: http://jalimo.org/ http://midpath.thenesis.org/ Perhaps it could provide a better path to open Java development on the Iliad? Best of luck... Francis

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07-31-2007, 05:47 AM	#2
asteban Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: n800, n770, yopy, ipaq5400, iliad, neo1973	Hi Francis, we from tarent GmbH (the people mainly behind Jalimo) are currently playing with an iliad. So there is a good chance to get free Java support there ;-) Regards, Sebastian

09-10-2007, 10:06 AM	#3
asteban Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: n800, n770, yopy, ipaq5400, iliad, neo1973	There it is: http://www.jalimo.org/wiki/doku.php?...s#irex_ereader

09-10-2007, 11:25 AM	#4
Adam B. Addicted to Porting Posts: 1,697 Karma: 7194 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Indianapolis, IN Device: iRex iLiad, Nokia 770, Samsung i760	Very cool! Did you include the functions for screen refreshes?

09-11-2007, 03:29 AM	#5
asteban Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2007 Device: n800, n770, yopy, ipaq5400, iliad, neo1973	No. We are testing java-gnome together with the patched xlib, at the moment. But the cacao currently crashes when called with this changed library path. Previous tests with jamvm worked fine on this. But I don't want iliad refresh-api calls in my applications!

09-27-2007, 09:23 AM	#6
thebohemian Junior Member Posts: 5 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2007 Device: Neo1973	The ereader patch for the xlibs does some strange things (like shutting down all filedescriptors from 1 to 1024 regardless of what they mean) and somehow the signal handling seems to get in conflict with that of the VM itself. I therefore wrote a separate application which does the eripc stuff and can be triggered through a very simple Unix domain socket connection. A client for this application just need to send a 1 or something else and thats all. No select(), no fork(), nothing. You can find the application (source code, of course) here http://www.inf.fu-berlin.de/~rschust...s-1.3.1.tar.gz If you like it simpler. Just add http://jalimo.org/iliad/jalimo to your /etc/ipkg.conf and add "arch jalimo 26" to the /etc/ipkg/arch.conf . Then do ipkg update and ipkg install er-refresh-tools. Documentation for the app is lacking atm but there is very little time for fixing usability. The sourcecode is released under GNU GPL v2 or later and is included in the jalimo SVN repository http://evolvis.org/projects/jalimo/ . This project also maintains a full OpenEmbedded-based development environment allowing each and everyone to compile applications for the Iliad in a clean and reproducible way. The project is currently mostly company sponsored. Everything is free software/open-source and you are completely free to use what we provide in any way you like. Contributions are welcome! That is what free software is all about.

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