Booboo sent this picture to me (it’s the same picture which appeared on the A320 forums earlier today) with this note:
Booboo: I've done in about 24h what I expected me to take much longer: disassembled de file with the LCD initialization code (found in the unbricking tool), figured out the LCD configuration and interface, and patched the Ingenic kernel to make the framebuffer work. I attach a picture which is most likely the first one of a linux kernel booting in the dingoo A320. There's still quite a lot of work to be done in order to have an usable kernel/rootfs on the Dingoo, but the hardest part, the framebuffer, is done. |
Thank you Booboo!
Nice, a Linux Kernel would be a good reason to buy a Dingoo. And this would make it possible to use SDL just by using the framebuffer driver (no porting needed)
ReplyDeleteRock on!
ReplyDeleteSorry... but what could we do if we could run Linux on Dingoo?
ReplyDeleteA direct port from SDL, and more linux apps like, mplayer, gnash, and all linux emulators can be ported in an easy way.
ReplyDeleteAll sorts of stuff will be do-able.
ReplyDeleteHere's a small list of what we can do:
1. Linux-compatible media players (with more codecs).
2. SDL.
3. Better emulators.
4. More linux programs.
It's really something useful for the Dingoo.
All hail BooBoo :)
ReplyDeleteGreat news for the scene.
i poop sideways
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