Thread: Kernel source for 2008HE
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ddalex is offline ddalex
2009-09-08 , 16:06
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Originally Posted by fanoush View Post
That's pretty strange. Will try to build it too just for fun and check the size. Maybe the difference can be in compiler version or compiler options?

Well, actually Nokia had/has different environment for building firmware then they later publish in SDK repository. With N800 it happened once that they shipped buggy and different kernel in SDK but later fixed it. Also they keep/kept separate debian changelog and version numbers in such firmware building environment so the version in /proc/version does not match. Maybe some bugfix patch could slip away too after all?
Well, it's obviously not the same kernel. I just tested kernel host mode, and it crashes (reboot) when inserting ohci-hcd.ko, which previously went fine. So far it's either WiFi or Host mode so far with this kernel.

I'll dig deeper to see what can be done; if someone @ Nokia can shed some light, it would be great - while I don't see the 770 as a useful handheld device, I think it may be a great platform for remote control photo cameras and such .