EE 0.1

1. Release 0.1

2003-06-02

Initial release

2. Supported hardware

• iPAQ h3600 series

• USB cradle for networking

3. Unsupported features

• PCMCIA or CompactFlash cards (networking required by CPU transparency (NFS etc) is done over USB)

• GUI. All adminitration is done using console utilities.

• Proper power management features (something might be added later)

4. Software included in the image

• Linux kernel 2.4

• uClibc C-library

• Busybox (command line utilities)

• Sbrshd

• USB hotplug scripts

• modutils

• util-linux (mount,umount,losetup,pivot_root,swapon)

• rz/sz

5. Known problems

• USB network does not start properly if iPaq is attached to USB-cradle at boot time

  workaround: re-attach iPaq to USB-cradle

• The 'usb0' interface is not visible in the 'redhat-config-network' utilities on the desktop.

  workaround: NONE

• Power button does not work.

  This is a deliberate misbehaviour because:

  • Suspending the iPAQ while the USB network is still active can result in the iPAQ needing to be rebooted.

  • Suspending the iPAQ while attached to the cradle without first removing the 'usb-eth' and 'sa1100usb_core' modules can result in the desktop freezing.

  Due to these reasons suspending the iPaq is not officially supported by EE-distro at the moment, but if you choose to accept the risks listed above and want the power button to suspend the iPaq either:

  • Execute 'modprobe apm' after the iPaq has been booted, or

  • Add apm to /etc/modules, which is a list of modules that are loaded at boot time