Re: sharp zaurus-5500: looking for testers

[Pavel Machek <pavel@suse.cz>]

Hi!

> > Is there someone out there, with sharp zaurus sl-5500, willing to test
> > kernels? There's a linux-z tree on kernel.org, which I try to more or
> > less keep in sync with mainline, that is slowly starting to get
> > usable. It could use some testing.
> 
> I cloned your tree but it said one of the packs wasn't in the index. I
> don't have the exact error message, sorry. I'll try again tomorrow.
> Also your git tree (repository?) in kernel.org is a bit broken. The
> git web interface gives me 403 error when I try to see a diff in your
> zaurus.git tree, and there's stuff that appears to be missing (history
> and commits).

Yes, I'm working on that. Slow line, so I try to pick pack files from
linus locally.

> > Main drawback is that battery charging is not yet done; touchscreen is
> > there but I did not have chance to test it with proper userspace
> > filtering.
> 
> Does this mean the battery won't get charged when using the 2.6
> kernel, or that it won't get reported?

Won't get charged. One trick is remove battery before booting 2.6 and
work from AC power.

								Pavel
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Thanks, Sharp!