Leveraging on ArmedSlack and inspired by Zubuntu here I’ll try to get the almighty Slackware running on Sharp’s Zaurus (SL-6000L (tosa) specifically as it’s the only one I have handy).

In here will be found SlackBuilds scripts to generate necessary packages, configuration files and various scripts and stuff.

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Blockers :(

suspend doesn’t seem to work

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links

• http://ftp.penguin.cz/pub/users/utx/zaurus/files/xserver-xorg/etc/X11/

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Todo

• Apparently tslib doesn’t like chvt (switching from X to consle) and therefore exiting X sometimes hang the Z ( http://www.mail-archive.com/zaurus-devel@lists.linuxtogo.org/msg00087.html ).
  • try xf86-input-evtouch or xf86-input-plpevtch instead
• ohci doesn’t like to suspend
  • try a kernel without it

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Armedslack-current on a Tosa, How?

• download and flash a kexecboot kernel
  • take the installkit-tosa.tar.gz from zaurus linux-kexecboot-2.6.2x http://projects.linuxtogo.org/frs/?group_id=55
  • (you can also build one through OE if you have time and disk-space…)
• mount $CARD $ROOT
• cd $ROOT
• tar xf /armedslack-devtools/minirootfs/roots/slack-current-miniroot_*.tar.bz2
• get a kernel > 2.6.31
  • on a Slackware system you can use cross-compiling-SlackBuilds/crossed-linux/ to cross-compile a kernel
  • otherwise you can make your own:
    $ ls $CWD/armv5te/bin
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-addr2line
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-ar
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-as
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-c++
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-c++filt
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-cpp
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-depmod-2.6
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g++
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-g77
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-gcc
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-gcc-4.3.3
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-gccbug
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-gcov
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-generate-modprobe.conf
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-gfortran
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-gprof
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-insmod
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-insmod.static
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-klcc
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-ld
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-lsmod
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-modinfo
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-modprobe
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-nm
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-objcopy
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-objdump
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-ranlib
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-readelf
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-rmmod
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-size
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-strings
    arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi-strip
    $ cd $LINUX_SOURCES
    $ cp $ARMEDZED/SlackBuilds/crossed-linux/config-2.6.31.12 .config
    $ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=$CWD/armv5te/bin/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi- make oldconfig
    $ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=$CWD/armv5te/bin/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi- make
    $ ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=$CWD/armv5te/bin/arm-angstrom-linux-gnueabi- make modules_install INSTALL_MOD_PATH=$ARMEDSLACK_ROOT
    $ cp arch/arm/boot/zImage $ARMEDSLACK_ROOT/boot
    $ cd $ARMEDSLACK_ROOT/boot
    $ cat << EOF > image.nfo
    Armedslack-current
    EOF
    $ cat << EOF > kernel-cmdline
    rootfstype=ext3 console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 noinitrd dyntick=enable
    EOF
    $ cat << EOF > boot.cfg
    LABEL=Armedslack-current
    KERNEL=/boot/zImage
    APPEND=console=ttyS0,115200n8 console=tty1 noinitrd dyntick=enable
    root=rootfstype=ext3
    EOF
• nano $ROOT/etc/fstab to use /dev/root as device for /
• umount $ROOT
• boot it in Tosa
• if possible make a full installation of Armedslack
• continue by building and installing SlackBuilds/{tosa-idiosyncrasies,tslib,zaurusd}
• enjoy ;)

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Useful packages from the Outside World that build nice and quiet natively with just ARCH=arm

• SBO
  • liblinebreak
  • FBReader

• cycojesus (hey that’s me :) )
  • subtle

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Todo:

• detail / explain
  • OE
    • toolchain
  • Wifi
    • try and document (see http://www.omegamoon.com/blog/index.php?entry=entry090823-223248 )