One Inferno phone I have from China has two sims and a TV receiver. And DIY documentation.
brucee On 17 September 2011 12:40, John Floren <j...@jfloren.net> wrote: > We've only had one device with an actual radio in it, so we haven't > been able to test on anything but the Nexus S, but there's probably a > total of 100 lines of device-specific code. Mostly, you have to figure > out: > > 1. The screen dimensions and the color depth > 2. Which devices are for the touchscreen, which are for the buttons > > emu/port/main.c and emu/Android/screen.c contain all the > device-specific code, I think. If there is any justice, the radio > interface will be the same--we talk to "rild", the radio daemon, > rather than directly with the hardware. > > John > > On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 7:35 PM, Devon H. O'Dell <devon.od...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> How difficult is it to get specs and port this to other android devices? I'd >> love to run this on my motorola droid if I could get all the radios working. >> >> --dho (via said droid) >> >> On Sep 16, 2011 10:25 PM, "paul.a.lalo...@gmail.com" >> <paul.a.lalo...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> For all these plan9ish things on OSX I run a case-sensitive file-system in >>> a file; just use the Disk Utility to make one and then mount it. I link mine >>> into my home directory and use it for all case-sensitive apps. >>> Paul >>> >>> Sent from my HTC Inspire™ 4G on AT&T >>> >>> ----- Reply message ----- >>> From: "John Floren" <j...@jfloren.net> >>> To: "Fans of the OS Plan 9 from Bell Labs" <9fans@9fans.net>, >>> <inferno-l...@vitanuova.com> >>> Subject: [9fans] Announcing Inferno for Android phones >>> Date: Fri, Sep 16, 2011 7:01 pm >>> >>> >>> One caveat that I just came across: If you're trying to set up your >>> phone from Mac OS X, it's quite possible that the case-insensitive >>> filesystem will bite you. We have two directories at the same level, >>> named "android" and "Android". If you do an adb push from OS X, >>> they'll both end up in a directory called "android". Here's how you >>> can fix it: >>> >>> (run adb shell) >>> # mkdir /data/inferno/Android >>> # mv /data/inferno/android/arm /data/inferno/Android/ >>> >>> There may be other problems lurking, but I'm pretty sure all of the >>> stuff Inferno needs is all lowercase. >>> >>> >>> John >>> >>> On Fri, Sep 16, 2011 at 3:23 PM, John Floren <j...@jfloren.net> wrote: >>>> We would like to announce the availability of Inferno for Android >>>> phones. Because our slogan is "If it ain't broke, break it", we >>>> decided to replace the Java stack on Android phones with >>>> Inferno. We've dubbed it the Hellaphone--it was originally Hellphone, >>>> to keep with the Inferno theme, but then we realized we're in Northern >>>> California and the change was obvious. >>>> >>>> The Hellaphone runs Inferno directly on top of the basic Linux layer >>>> provided by Android. We do not even allow the Java system to >>>> start. Instead, emu draws directly to the Linux framebuffer (thanks, >>>> Andrey, for the initial code!) and treats the touchscreen like a >>>> one-button mouse. Because the Java environment doesn't start, it only >>>> takes about 10 seconds to go from power off to a fully-booted Inferno >>>> environment. >>>> >>>> As of today, we have Inferno running on the Nexus S and the Nook >>>> Color. It should also run on the Android emulator, but we haven't >>>> tested that in a long time. The cell radio is supported, at least on >>>> the Nexus S (the only actual phone we've had), so you can make phone >>>> calls, send texts, and use the data network. >>>> >>>> The Inferno window manager has been re-worked with cell phone use in >>>> mind. Windows are automatically sized to fill the whole screen. The >>>> menu has been moved to the top and the menu items have been made >>>> significantly larger. Physical buttons on the phone are now used to do >>>> many common tasks: >>>> >>>> (these keys are for the Nexus S, different bindings are used for >>>> the Nook, which has different keys available) >>>> * Back: Close the current window >>>> * Menu: Toggle the onscreen keyboard >>>> * Home: Minimize the current window >>>> * Power: Turn off the screen >>>> * Power+Volume Up: Open the screen brightness widget >>>> * Power+Volume Down: Turn off the phone >>>> * Power+Home: Restart Inferno >>>> >>>> Installation is reasonably simple. You'll need the Android SDK >>>> (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html), with the platform-tools >>>> package installed for the adb and fastboot utilities. We also strongly >>>> recommend installing CyanogenMod on your phone before >>>> proceeding--that's what we use to test. >>>> >>>> First, make absolutely sure you have the "adb" and "fastboot" >>>> commands in your path--see the previous paragraph regarding the >>>> SDK and try running "adb" to be sure. Download the tarball from >>>> http://bitbucket.org/floren/inferno/downloads/hellaphone.tgz and >>>> unpack it in your root. You should end up with a /data/inferno >>>> directory (we put it there because of the Inferno build >>>> process). Then, go to the /data/inferno/android directory and run >>>> the Reflash-Nexus-S.sh script (assuming you have a Nexus S. Run >>>> Reflash-Nook-Color.sh if you have a Nook). This will >>>> automatically set up the phone to boot into either Inferno or the >>>> regular Java environment--during bootup, the screen will go solid >>>> white; if you touch the screen at this point, it will boot into >>>> the regular Android environment, otherwise it will timeout and go >>>> to Inferno. However, at this point you're not yet ready to boot >>>> into Inferno, so reboot the phone and touch the screen to go into >>>> the regular Android UI. The final task is to run the command "cd >>>> /data/inferno; ./parallel-push.sh". Reboot, let it boot into >>>> Inferno, and you're ready to go. >>>> >>>> You can also clone the repository >>>> (http://bitbucket.org/floren/inferno/) and build it yourself, but this >>>> is a significant effort. I do not recommend it if you wish to simply >>>> try the system, but if you want to do development you should get the >>>> repository. >>>> >>>> Disclaimer: If you break your phone, it's not our fault. Don't email >>>> us, don't come knocking on our door, and don't call us--oh wait, you >>>> won't be able to do that anyway, your phone is broken! >>>> >>>> Credit where credit is due: Ron Minnich came up with the initial >>>> idea--we've been kicking the idea of a Plan 9/Inferno phone around for >>>> years. Our summer interns, Joel Armstrong and Joshua Landgraf, did the >>>> lion's share of the work of making Inferno into a usable cell phone >>>> OS--no small feat, considering that neither had any Limbo or Inferno >>>> experience before the start of the summer! They re-wrote the UI, >>>> puzzled out the undocumented cell radio interface, figured out audio, >>>> worked to make Inferno more portable across phones, and generally >>>> figured out how to make Inferno and the Android kernel coexist >>>> peacefully. Andy Jones, another intern, also did some very early work >>>> with Android that helped us figure out the Android init process and >>>> how to build for Android. I took care of getting Inferno running on >>>> the phone in the first place and have been adding things occasionally >>>> since then. We would also like to thank Andrey Mirtchovski for >>>> providing the OLPC framebuffer code (which ported to the Android >>>> phones relatively easily), and of course Charles Forsyth for keeping >>>> the Inferno torch lit all these years (and helping me figure out some >>>> puzzling problems throughout the summer)! >>>> >>> >> > > -- Don't meddle in the mouth -- MVS (0416935147, +1-513-3BRUCEE)
