ReleaseNotes/Oz3541
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Supported devices
This release is available for the following machine families :
c7x0 = c700, c750, c760, c860, sl-7500
akita = sl-c1000
spitz = sl-c3000, sl-c3100, sl-c3200
Note that it is the first release of the 3.5.4 era for akita and spitz machines.
NOTE: Users of 2.4 powered models (collie, poodle, tosa) can get all the 3.5.4.1 updates except the 2.6 kernel by installing the 3.5.4 image and then using ipkg to update to the 3.5.4.1 software. We are working towards supporting the 2.6 kernel on all devices in a future release.
Release Highlights
- Linux Kernel 2.6 on all clamshell devices
- SD/MMC cards larger then 1GB are working
- New kernel logo and new bootsplash on all images
- altboot present, to allow booting from memory cards, etc.
- Opie 1.2.1
- TrueType fonts
- Icons are properly scaled now
- many hires fixes
- GPE 2.7
- WPA working out-of-box on Prism2 cards
- Working extra buttons on all clamshell models (see KeyboardButtons)
- Working LCD hotkeys under GPE
- The Power button now works as intended on SL-Cxx00
- Improved keymaps for all models, USB keyboards now work out of the box
- Bluetooth improvements all over the place, especially in the base system
- Greatly enhanced auto-mounter for USB storage / SD / MMC / CF thanks to udev
- Very fast suspend / resume cycles
- New cute OpenZaurus logo during boot
Installation
Installation is device specific - please see to Install Guide for details.
2.6 kernel notes
Many informations are provided on separate page: Kernel 2.6 Informations
all models
- SD/MMC cards larger then 1GB are working
- sound is done by ALSA - use alsamixer in terminal to control it, or under GPE use the "Audio Mixer" application (gpe-mixer) found in "Other"
- keyboard repeat is normal (was too fast in previous releases)
- halt/reboot/poweroff works as should
- Green LED is used to show NAND Flash activity
- use FN + <cursor-left> and FN + <cursor-right> to switch between console VTs (or back to OPIE/GPE) - this does not work in GPE/OPIE as they takeover keyboard control
- Sharp CE-RH1/CE-RH2 remotes do not work
- Sharp camera card does not work and never will
- Some SD/MMC cards results in I/O errors, timeouts - we're working on it.
SL-C7x0
- time can be lost on reboot
- CPU Frequency change is supported via cpufreq - available are 100/200/300/400MHz settings (no overclocking)
- Backlight range is increased (when compared to SharpROM)
SL-Cxx00
- USB Networking does not work with Microsoft Windows
- USB host has power limit set to 150mA so some USB accessories refuse to work without powered hub
SL-C3x00
- SL-C3x00 does not use the flash partitions - the system boots straight off the HDD
Base system notes
- Images contains just a minimal timezone configuration (only for some subset of locations). If you need more then install the timezones package for your continent.
Opie notes
- if you used SharpROM before then move somewhere /home/root/Settings/ /home/root/Applications directories and then flash.
- Take off SD and CF cards before first boot
- The LCD hotkeys, and the space between are not supported yet
- VT applet is removed from base install - install opie-vtapplet if you need it
- Logout applet is removed from base install - install opie-logoutapplet if you need it
GPE notes
- All hotkeys (Calendar, Home, etc) should now be working as intended.
- The LCD hotkeys, and the space between are now fully functional, too.
- Default font-sizes on VGA devices with >=200DPI should now be actually readable.
Enlightenment notes
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Reporting bugs
Please report bugs into OpenEmbedded bugtracker. If bug will need to be reported in other bugtracking system then it will be written in comment. Use "OpenZaurus 3.5.4.x" as a version.
Release Manager
Marcin 'Hrw' Juszkiewicz
