[PATCH 10/11] mach-types: add ID for Archos G9 tablet

[Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD]

On 14:16 Sun 07 Oct     , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 07, 2012 at 02:07:28PM +0200, vj wrote:
> > On Sun, Oct 7, 2012 at 12:30 PM, Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>wrote:
> > 
> > > Please no manual updates to this file, they will be overwritten once the
> > > next update from:
> > >
> > > http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/download.php
> > >
> > > comes in. I see that the Archos G9 does not have a machine id
> > > registered. You can register one yourself at:
> > >
> > > http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/
> > >
> > > btw is 5032 the id Archos uses or did you think it up yourself?
> > >
> > > Sascha
> > >
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> > >
> > 
> > 5032 is chosen by Archos in it's Android kernel:
> > http://gitorious.org/archos/archos-gpl-gen9-kernel-ics/blobs/master/arch/arm/tools/mach-types
> 
> Appearently the Archos guys can't read :(
> 
> In this case I suggest that you just hardcode this number in your board
> file and add a big fat warning comment that you only did that to make
> the Archos kernel bootable.
> Another, maybe better solution would be to:
> 
> - register a proper id for the G9
> - use it as default in barebox
> - Add some template in the environment to overwrite it to make the
>   Archos provided Kernel boot.
in the past I use devio to add the 2 asm intruction to change the machine
before the zImage

with machine id 1509 05e5

(
 devio 'wl 0xe3a01c05,4' 'wl 0xe38110e5,4'
 cat zImage
) zImage.1509

Best Regards,
J.
> 
> Sascha
> 
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