Hardware New models speculation (bellatrix)

[trcm]

I was curious to see @ilovejedd mention references to a new platform 'bellatrix' seen mentioned in the most recent update bin.

Poking lightly in the rootfs image, I see the following interesting bits :

# A new CPU type (MediaTek?), so no longer using the NXP i.MX chips ?

eink_device()
  if [ "$(f_platform)" = "bellatrix" ]; then
  echo '        Driver      "mtk"' >> $XCONFFILE
  else
  echo '        Driver      "imx"' >> $XCONFFILE
  fi

# Looks like at least a new 7" device is coming....

      # Default value for 7 inch device, TODOBELLATRIX Remove after v2 is widely available
      echo '        Option      "Rotate"  "UR"' >> $XCONFFILE

# Possibly a new 6", 7" and .... 10" device ???

elif [ "$(f_platform)" = "bellatrix" ]; then
    _v_id=`cat /proc/board_id | cut -c 4-6`
    case ${_v_id} in
        BL6)
            f_modprobe gt9xx_ts
        BL7)
            /etc/upstart/cyttsp5
        BLX)
            /etc/upstart/pt5

# Though the 'Rex' platform isn't new, I hadn't heard of 'Jaeger' or 'Malbec' before, quite a few new devices there it seems?

_v_id=$(cat /proc/board_id)
case "$_v_id" in
# TATTOO ids
# malbec
      23X) _v_platform=bellatrix ; _v_board=malbec ; _f_do_rev $_v_id ; _v_wan=0 ;;
      248) _v_platform=bellatrix ; _v_board=malbec ; _f_do_rev $_v_id ; _v_wan=0 ;;
      249) _v_platform=bellatrix ; _v_board=malbec ; _f_do_rev $_v_id ; _v_wan=0 ;;
      26J) _v_platform=bellatrix ; _v_board=malbec ; _f_do_rev $_v_id ; _v_wan=0 ;;
      26K) _v_platform=bellatrix ; _v_board=malbec ; _f_do_rev $_v_id ;
 _v_wan=0 ;;
      26L) _v_platform=bellatrix ; _v_board=malbec ; _f_do_rev $_v_id ; _v_wan=0 ;;
      27A) _v_platform=bellatrix ; _v_board=malbec ; _f_do_rev $_v_id ; _v_wan=0 ;;
      27B) _v_platform=bellatrix ; _v_board=malbec ; _f_do_rev $_v_id ; _v_wan=0 ;;
# bellatrix platform
      BLX) _v_platform=bellatrix ; _v_board=malbec ; _f_do_rev $_v_id ; _v_wan=0 ;;
      BL6) _v_platform=bellatrix ; _v_board=malbec ; _f_do_rev $_v_id ; _v_wan=0 ;;
      BL7) _v_platform=bellatrix ; _v_board=malbec ; _f_do_rev $_v_id ; _v_wan=0 ;;

[NiLuJe]

That'd be the extent of it yep.

(Jaeger is the KT4, on Rex).

[binaryhermit]

MTK and 10 inch sounds like Kindle fire to me...

EDIT: Err, Fire Tablet, FKA Kinde Fire.

EDIT again: I'd guess some of their Fire Tablet firmware source code leaked into the Kindle firmware source code

[NiLuJe]

Or Fire-ish hardware leaking into the Kindle eInk SW stack .

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FWIW, there are also hints from Kobo moving away from i.MX (but, similarly to the Fire situation on Kindle, it might also be a case of Tolino pollution).

Then there's the strange mess that is the reMarkable 2: an i.MX 7D, a SoC known for supporting a configuration with an EPDC (Hi, Zelda!), but without an EPDC in the rM board.