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This evening, I’ve decided to go back to my older codebase with the load/unload modules to switch between device and host mode approach. There are several reasons: I’d like to get this kernel development done and released and on to interesting userspace apps finally! The main reason for switching to codeaurora was because it offeredContinue reading “Android OTG support”

I finally made some progress on the Android USB code last night; I’ve got the codeaurora USB host/function code pretty much integrated into the Hero source tree: it builds cleanly. Right now it only switches based on the USB OTG ID pin (much like the Droid’s usb host support does). I don’t want to forceContinue reading “Android USB progress”

OKdoke, some more joggler code ready. If you look here, you’ll find: A patch to add the joggler’s backlight control to the proper kernel backlight framework A userspace program to read the light sensor value over the i2c bus. Oh, the sound patch is on v2 now ‘cos I’d accidentally left some cruft in.

As part of the joggler work, I’ve developed a set of tools for pulling EFI firmware images apart. I did have a look for others, but I initially couldn’t find anything. Later I did find some, but they relied on some non-64bit-clean C code for decompression, or were closed source. So I’ve implemented my ownContinue reading “EFI firmware image analyser / dumper / ripper”

Hi, apologies to anyone wanting the Hero USB stuff, I’ve been distracted by messing with the O2 Joggler this week. This is a 512Mb 1GHz Intel Atom based capacitative touchscreen web tablet with 1Gb of internal storage, USB host and 802.11n WIFI. And its £50 ($76US) right now! Its originally developed by OpenPeak, and runsContinue reading “Distracted by the joggler ….”

Hi, quick update on the status of this. Last week I switched to using the codeaurora.com driver source as it supports proper USB OTG switching, and also has board specific tweaks. However, shortly after this, my laptop decided to die. As developing on a netbook sized screen isn’t so much fun, I decided to have aContinue reading “Hero USB update”

USB patch for host+function mode here. it *is* still unstable as unloading/loading the drivers hangs the phone after a few times. However, its working well enough for an alpha release. Update: I think I’ve fixed the stability problem with the latest patch.

This evening, I’ve finally been testing out my new function driver code. Its getting close: I’m now able to load and unload the drivers repeatedly cleanly. Unfortunately it locks the phone solid shortly after plugging a USB cable in, but I’m guessing that will be down to some stupid bug somewhere 🙂 I’m not terriblyContinue reading “Finally, some android USB progress”

Phew, the last few days have involved hacking in support for the Checkpoint SecuRemote proprietary VPN support to the standard "racoon" IPSEC IKE daemon. Luckily as it turns out, it uses a standard protocol, but has changed the IDs a bit for some unknown reason. Mailing list thread and patch here. Now, back to theContinue reading “Checkpoint SecurRemote VPN PSK patch for racoon”

A Ghost Walks PastOriginally uploaded by adq_uk I decided to take the DSLR I’d converted to a pure infrared camera along to see how well it worked in a club situation. I think I’ll try it again, as some of them came out ok; wish I’d taken loads more now.