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Summary

This Wiki is a whiteboard for the project to run Linux on the Dell Axim X50, X50v, X51 and X51v. The port is based on the 2.6 Linux kernel.

Port status: February 22th, 2007

Hardware support status code: D

Component X50 Status X50v Status X51 Status X51v Status Comments
Boot process (all ticks required for D status)
Boot process ? (./) ? (./) Linux boots quite nicely from WM 5 using latest source code of Haret. Works on X50v with WinCE 2003 but you have probably to enable WiFi and Bluetooth!
Boot-critical hardware (all ticks required for C status)
USB gadget ? ? ? (./)
SD-MMC ? (./) ? (./) Removal/Insertion not yet supported.
PCMCIA(CF) — — — —
Display ? (./) ? (./) XScale framebuffer only. But no init code for now. mirror mode needs to be enabled in Wince before booting Linux from Haret. Needs to be completed before we can boot w/out WinCE.
Basic PDA hardware/use (all ticks required for B status)
Buttons ? (./) ? (./) Use the pxa27x matrix keyboard controller.
Touchscreen ? (./) ? (./) Still to be tuned.
Suspend/Resume — — — —
Battery control — — — —
APM status — — — —
Backlight ? ? ? ?
GUI launching - GPE/OPIE ? / ? (./) / ? ? / ? (./) / ?
Advanced PDA hardware/use (all ticks required for A status)
Sound — — — —
Flash memory — — — —
Serial ? ? ? (./)
IrDA — — — —
LEDs — — — —
Bootloader — — — —
Full hardware support (all ticks required for A+ status)
Bluetooth — — — — Probably a TI BRF6150.
WiFi — — — —
USB-host — — — —

Legend: (./) - full support, — - doesn't work, ? - unknown status

Additional values (use sparingly): WIP - work just started, Part. - partial support, more work needed.

Hardware support letter codes (for SupportedHandheldSummary ):

Hardware support letter code Status description and notes
A+ Full support of extended hardware (if applicable)
A Advanced PDA hardware supported
A- Advanced PDA hardware supported with insagnificant problems
B Basic PDA hardware supported (required for PIM use)
B- Basic PDA hardware supported with minor problems
C Boots into GUI (buttons/TS may not work yet)
D Kernel boots to command line
D- Kernel port exists, but has problems booting to command line
— No port/Doesn't boot

Project Members

Add your name here if you are working on the project and some other info to show what you are working on and how to contact you.

Name Alias Working on Contact details Joined on Experience with Linux
Richard Bateman Taxilian Project management, driver development, kernel compatibility richard@handhelds.org 2 May 2005 Extensive Workstation/server, no embedded or porting experience
Jeremy A J Anything possible avinery@gmail.com 1 April 2005 Basic. But much exprience in embedded systems.
Kuan Zhang Fisherss Any way I can do fisherss(a)gmail.com 6 April 2005 developer for linux
Christopher Joel Pureblue Anything I can help with pureblue(a)aetherchild.net 15 May 2005 Basic linux experience.. mostly here to learn from others.
Mark Gesing magesing Getting information from Dell magesing(a)gmail.com August 17, 2005 Basic programming skills in C++ and Java, basic Linux experience, very persistent in research
Angel Sánchez Salemixu Anything i can help and looking for USB networking info salemixu(a)gmail.com 22 May 2005 Linux user and ocasionally messing with it
Derick Fabian-Phillips f0d Anything at all nxzfd@gmail.com 23 May 2005 Basic Perl coder, Linux user, amongst other things.
Alan Leung wingzero0135132 Anything i can help gundam_station(a)hotmail.com 24 May 2006 TI OMAP5910/5912 Kernel Porting 2.6.12+, Toolchain construction, FileSystem, Scratchbox, some uClibc, Linux JVM (jamvm)
Pierre Gaufillet - mainly kernel drivers pierre.gaufillet(a)magic.fr Jan. 2007 Embedded software
David MacLeod fornix anything I can help with fornix.org@gmail.com 6 Feb. 2007 C shell programming; simple application developer; long-time user
Patrick Steiner law adding Aximx50 into Openembedded.org (Angstrom) law(a)a1.net 27 Feb. 2007 openembedded.org ; simple application developer; long-time user
Cian O'Flynn Mophex Documentation cianoflynn /aT\ gmail April 20, 2007 3+ yrs user, KM/Documentation, Webdesign, thin clients
Cloud Zheng cloudxxx GUI tuning, some kernel work cloudxxx@gmail.com 12 Sept, 2007 long time developer for linux embedded. Flash based GUI, some kernel work
Felix F hexB Anything you tell me to bunky1(@)f2s.com 25th Sept, 2007 Not much, have been using Linux for a while, know Python and have compiled own Linux distro etc.

Waiting for the port

Put your name and email here if you are waiting for the Linux port, so we can email you with status updates. Alternatively you can sign up for the mailing list at https://www.handhelds.org/mailman/listinfo/aximx50-port. To send us a message email us at aximx50-port@handhelds.org.

  1. jeremy: avinery@gmail.com

  2. f0d: nxzfd@gmail.com

  3. fisherss: fisherss(a)gmail.com

  4. Chris Pick: piloREMOVE1000@gmail.com

  5. Roberto Huelga: rhuelga@gmail.com

  6. Dale Whinham: daleyo@gmail.com

  7. Sharkillator: sharkillator@hotmail.com

  8. niofis: niofis_at_gmail.com

  9. Jelmer van der Linde: somefoolwitha@gmail.com

  10. Richard Bateman: richard@bateman.dhs.org

  11. Kuba Tyszko: kuba@lbl.pl

  12. Chris Joel: pureblue(a)aetherchild.net

  13. Dotan Cohen: dotancohen fat gmail spot com

  14. Jens Leinenbach jens(a)ccc-hanau.de

  15. j. ercole: ercole@panix.com

  16. nwf: nwfilardo@gmail.com

  17. Brandon: Design.Flaw.01@gmail.com

  18. Derrick: derrickh@fiber.net

  19. Chris: email at christianhoffmann dot info

  20. Terry: terryo_at_freeshell.org

  21. Maciej Swic: maciekish@gmail.com

  22. Charlie Moses: charliemoses79_at_yahoo.com

  23. Matthias Klein: mattes.webjunkies [at] googlemail.com

  24. Dieter Verfaillie: dieterv {at} optionexplicit {dot} be

  25. Aurelien Mino: a.mino {at} free.fr

  26. Stefan Kolb: frz2000 {at} gmx.net

  27. C Kenglu: Highbass21 \a\ gmail .com

  28. Paul Hanlon: tcpaulh_at_gmail_dot_com

  29. Pierre Chapuis: al_simmons(a)linuxmail.org

  30. Gerrit Leder: gerrit(dot)leder(at)web(dot)de

  31. Daniel Elias: dan.elias(at)gmail(dot)com

  32. Alan Leung: gundam_station(at)hotmail(dot)com

  33. Anton Korzh: anton(_AT_)korzh(_PUNKT_)ru

  34. Nick Melnick: outzider [a] fsckedhost {dot} com

  35. Marcelo Mendes: marcelomendes(at)gmail(dot)com

  36. David MacLeod: fornix.org@gmail.com

  37. Felix F: bunky1(a)f2s.com

  38. Timothy Feucht: hoggie3(at)msn(dot)com

  39. Bob Awender: bawender(at)yahoo.ca

  40. Marc Dostie: marc(dot)dostie(at)gmail(dot)com

  41. Wences: gwences(at)gmail(dot)com

  42. Stephen Rankin: s.e.rankin(at)gmail(dot)com