From 4b3ff255864de4b63922a56bf395500327913659 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Gianguido Sora Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 00:01:18 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] new readme! --- README | 7 ------- README.md | 21 +++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 README create mode 100644 README.md diff --git a/README b/README deleted file mode 100644 index 2afc030..0000000 --- a/README +++ /dev/null @@ -1,7 +0,0 @@ - -moboot-for-veer - Mobile Open Bootloader for HP Veer - -forked from jcsullins/moboot, which is forked from lk(little kernel). - -Thank them a lot. - diff --git a/README.md b/README.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..675f0d4 --- /dev/null +++ b/README.md @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +# moboot-pre3 - Mobile Open Bootloader for the HP Pre 3 + +This is a fork of [moboot](https://github.com/jcsullins/moboot), the Mobile Open Bootloader originally made for the HP Touchpad, which [xndcn](https://github.com/xndcn/moboot-for-veer) made available for the HP Veer too. + +## Building `moboot` + +Building `moboot` for the Pre 3 is easy. + +Download [this exact GCC distribution](https://sourcery.mentor.com/public/gnu_toolchain/arm-none-linux-gnueabi/arm-2009q1-203-arm-none-linux-gnueabi-i686-pc-linux-gnu.tar.bz2) and place it somewhere in your filesystem. + +Add the `bin` subdirectory of the extracted archive file to your `$PATH`, and then call `make`. + +You'll find `moboot`'s uImage ready to be membooted in `build-pre3`, it's called `lk.uImage` - memboot it through novacom: + +``` +$ novacom boot mem:// < lk.uImage +``` + +## Things you should know + + - for some strange reason, webOS likes to "disable" GPIO pins in a way that makes some of them unable to work even in moboot - make sure to boot into webOS and set your volume slider to "no sound" before using moboot, otherwise the menu will not work.