Porting ARM Linux to the Newton!
Main site for the ARM Linux project
How to Compile the ARM Linux Kernel
Compiling the ARM Linux Kernel
Please Visit the Newton Internals 'Hamering Newton' site to get the MP2100 ROM Image.
I am currently constructing a Memory Map of the MP2100, and an interactive page-based memory address viewer. This tool will help to allow for the creation of an ARM Linux Boot-Loader. Anyone interested in working on this project is strongly advised to get in touch.
Aside from the novelty of the MP2100 having it's own myspace, this site was created to take advantage of the social networking facilities that myspace offers. Please utilize the comments section in both the 'Comments' area, and in the 'Blog' area.
Serious old-school hackers, who are comfortable with hexadecimal, (from any platform) are encouraged to participate in this project.
We will be defining & documenting the MP2100 ROM, to allow for the creation of an alternate boot-loader. The goals of this project are specifically to get a console-based version of ARM Linux working on the MP2100. This means that it will be keyboard-oriented. Once it works, the bells, whistles, and 'feeping creaturism' will, of course, follow.
We will be needing: a boot-loader, a device driver for RS-232 (RS-422 to USB would be ideal), and a bare-bones compilation of ARM Linux which will only use the CPU & RAM of the MP2100.
Please leave your implementation comments below.
Thanks,
-Newt