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Rockbox mail archiveSubject: Re: Explain Rockbox Gmini Port?Re: Explain Rockbox Gmini Port?
From: Joseph Jones <bumpycarrot_at_gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2005 00:15:33 +0000 Hate to nitpick, but I just wanted to clear this up since I think the grammar was a bit off: "you shouldn't get a Gmini and not an iRiver" Does that mean neither of them will be ready within this "month"? Joe On Fri, 21 Jan 2005 20:35:44 +0100 (CET), Daniel Stenberg <daniel_at_rockbox.org> wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2005, Menachem Shapiro wrote: > > (I'm not much into Gmini, I'm mostly replying about Rockbox porting in > general) > > > How close is the port to completion and usability? > > Closer than a few days ago. Still quite far away from being usable as a good > firmware replacment. > > > Will it work on all Gmini's? > > Possibly - given lots of time and efforts. Nothing happens automatically, but > if enough people join in and help I hope we'll reach there. > > I don't know much about Gmini hardware, but it seems the models differ > somewhat and it might be tricky to figure out the differences and work fine on > all of them. > > The porting work seems to be focused on the Gmini 120 for starters. > > > Is it worth it to go and buy one now or not? > > I doubt anyone but you can tell. If you want a working Rockbox on a player > within a month, you shouldn't get a Gmini and not an iRiver. > > > Once Rockbox is ported, is it simple to keep updating Rockbox for Gmini and > > Jukebox, or will the Gmini always be playing catch-up, trying to port the > > new features as they come out for the Jukebox line? > > A port of Rockbox will make Rockbox run on yet another player. Exactly like > Rockbox already runs on many players already. It does not make it another > Rockbox or a Rockbox that has a separate life or development thread. > > Most of the Rockbox code is "generic" and work on all models. Some parts are > only for certain kinds of players (for example with graphical display or with > recording capabilities). Some parts are specific for a single target. etc > > If updates to the generic code is made, it then works on all players at once. > If updates are made to target-specific code, then that update is of course > only working for that player and not any other. > > -- > Daniel Stenberg -- http://www.rockbox.org/ -- http://daniel.haxx.se/ > _______________________________________________ > http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox > _______________________________________________ http://cool.haxx.se/mailman/listinfo/rockbox Received on 2005-01-22 Page template was last modified "Tue Sep 7 00:00:02 2021" The Rockbox Crew -- Privacy Policy |