[openbeos] Re: Ports
- From: "François Revol" <revol@xxxxxxx>
- To: openbeos@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Jun 2008 09:12:09 +0200 CEST
> Is anyone considering or looking into an ARM port of haiku?
Yes it's on my list, after ppc and m68k work, and I know Ithamar is
interested as well.
> If so, you might find these interesting:
>
> http://www.openpandora.org/
> http://beagleboard.org/
> Nvidia's tegra might also turn up in some small devices.
Some other interesting ones:
http://gp2x.co.uk/ (sadly the 2nd cpu doesn't have an mmu)
http://openmoko.com/
> With all the interest in things like the OLPC and EEE PC and such
> like
> I find it really bizarre they go and install XP.
Because it's x86-based, so they can.
That's a whole different thing than arm devices.
> Linux is likely to be the most popular OS for these devices but it'll
> not be one distro in particular, I don't think we need to go into
> efficiency or UI issues in Linux. MS & Intel will get in there as
> well but a lot of companies don't want a repeat of the PC where only
> 2
> companies ended up making all the money, expect multiple OSs and
> multiple CPU vendors, ARM will be big in this sector because many of
> the vendors' chips are ARM based.
Unlike (any form factor)-PCs, phone makers just want things to work,
whatever the OS.
> On a similar note, how easy / difficult / impossible is it to change
> Haiku's UI?
I suppose the new layout engine might help with that a bit.
> Also, how flexible it is in terms of devices that may have a keyboard
> or touch screen but no mouse?
touch screen are essentially a pointing device like a mouse. Rather,
like a tablet, they use absolute position, but we should support that
already.
François.
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