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This is the planning page to have Mer working on the freerunner. | This is the planning page to have Mer working on the freerunner. | ||
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#Build hildon compatible applets for Mer | #Build hildon compatible applets for Mer | ||
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== Build/Find a good keyboard == | == Build/Find a good keyboard == | ||
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The tests should see how flexible is him-arabic and see if it looks good on freerunner. | The tests should see how flexible is him-arabic and see if it looks good on freerunner. | ||
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== Port the FSO packages into Mer Freerunner repository == | == Port the FSO packages into Mer Freerunner repository == | ||
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Aurel32 have done a [http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/arm/ virtual machine image of Debian for arm under qemu]. You can download it and run with the command: | Aurel32 have done a [http://people.debian.org/~aurel32/qemu/arm/ virtual machine image of Debian for arm under qemu]. You can download it and run with the command: | ||
- | <pre>qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-versatile -initrd initrd.img-2.6.26-2-versatile -hda debian_lenny_arm_small.qcow -append "root=/dev/sda1" | + | <pre>qemu-system-arm -M versatilepb -kernel vmlinuz-2.6.26-2-versatile -initrd initrd.img-2.6.26-2-versatile -hda debian_lenny_arm_small.qcow -append "root=/dev/sda1"</pre> |
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== Imager == | == Imager == | ||
- | The | + | The imager is one of the most useful things in mer development, it's a script that build a rootfs image for any Mer target, since Mer runs in a lot of devices, each device require a particular kernel or packages so an image for Freerunner can contain more or less packages than another image for another device. |
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+ | The imager is hosted in launchpad. To run it you have to set up a debian armel environment, you can use a ready virtual machine to accomplish it. then you should run the imager with the command: | ||
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<pre>bash imager targets/mer-freerunner-fs-only directory</pre> | <pre>bash imager targets/mer-freerunner-fs-only directory</pre> | ||
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- | + | In which ''directory'' is the directory in which the image will be build. Remember that you have to set up a [http://wiki.maemo.org/Mer/Hardware/Freerunner#Debian_Armel_Virtual_Machine_for_Mer_development debian armel virtual machine] to do it | |
- | * http:// | + | == download == |
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+ | * bootable full system ( img to dd on external sdcard) , video demo also : http://www.newlc.com/en/mer-best-maemo-debianubuntu-mobiles-watch-freerunner-demo | ||
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+ | * rootfs to sync: http://goshawknest.wordpress.com/category/freerunner/ |
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