From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Pavel Machek Subject: Re: nokia 770 [was Re: community PM requirements/issues and PowerOP [Was: Re: So, what's the status on the recent patches here?]] Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2006 01:50:36 +0200 Message-ID: <20060923235036.GH21187@elf.ucw.cz> References: <200609191954.k8JJs6sK028848@olwen.urbana.css.mot.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <200609191954.k8JJs6sK028848@olwen.urbana.css.mot.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org Errors-To: linux-pm-bounces@lists.osdl.org Cc: scott.preece@motorola.com, linux-pm@lists.osdl.org, matthew.a.locke@comcast.net List-Id: linux-pm@vger.kernel.org Hi! > | ... > | > And if the only criteria for hardware-that-matters is hackability, th= en > | > Nokia 770 can be flashed with your own kernel and rootfs. Check > | > www.maemo.org > | = > | I agree that Nokia is doing the right thing (tm) here (and > | THANKS!). (Excluding charging circuity, but someone is going to fix > | that). Unfortunately Motorola is not doing the right thing... > --- > = > Note that the 770 doesn't talk to a public network, over regulated > frequencies and power ranges, and isn't constrained by, for instance, > the GSM standards, and they're not constrained by the requirements > of middlemen (carriers), so it's not really an apples-to-apples > comparison. Yes, 770 is in easier position... > That said, I do respect the way they have been working directly in > community projects. ...still, publicly downloadable SDK for userland software on a1200/a780 would be nice. I do not think userland software can break power levels/frequencies, so you should be okay, and symbian / windowsCE certainly solved that problem before you... To sum it up "it is nice that motorola uses linux, but you could do a bit better". Pavel -- = (english) http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek (cesky, pictures) http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pavel/picture/horses/blo= g.html