Changes between Version 15 and Version 16 of FreeRunner

Timestamp:

2011-05-22T12:43:08Z (13 years ago)

Author:

Jiri Svoboda

Comment:

Update status and plans

FreeRunner

@@ -9 +9 @@
 == Status ==
 
-Supported in development version. No support in a stable release
-(as of 0.4.2). The system boots to the command line. All kernel tests pass.
+Supported in HelenOS 0.4.3 and later. The system boots to the command line. All kernel tests pass.
 
 Kernel can write to serial debug console and to the display.
@@ -16 +15 @@
 
 You can use the serial debug console as a keyboard. You can also use the
-touchscreen to move the mouse pointer around. That is all you can do,
-because there is nothing to control with the mouse (the resolution
-is low so no VC buttons are displayed).
+touchscreen to move the mouse pointer around (not in 0.4.3 due to bug).
+That is all you can do, because there is nothing to control with the mouse
+(the resolution is low so no VC buttons are displayed).
 
 == Plans ==
+
+=== Input ===
 
 We would like to provide a virtual keyboard so that the serial console would
@@ -26 +27 @@
 some applications using the touch screen (currently there is no way for
 an application to receive mouse events).
+
+=== Host-side USB ===
+
+!FreeRunner has an OHCI USB host controller, the USB port be switched to host
+mode with some platform-specific knobs. (You need to use a USB gender-changer,
+however).
+
+The OHCI USB driver from the USB project, once integrated, should be relatively
+easy to get running on GTA02. Possible hurdle is interrupt handling (I/O access
+in pseudocode).
+
+=== Device-side USB ===
+
+By default the USB port runs in device mode. It would be nice to implement
+a device-side USB stack in HelenOS. This is a bigger project, however.
 
 == Resources ==