PATeam: Archives / Work Accomplished

Here is a list of what the First Team had managed to accomplish on PA/Linux:

Toolchain compile scripts
PS/2 keyboard driver
Harmony Sound driver
Lynx browser
Global Purpose Mouse driver
Standard Text Interface handling for the B132
Debian HPPA package installations
- Emacs 20.7
- Apache
Debian Ftp client and server packages created and published

Log book

February 2001
- 26 - Installation of tex, ed, libc6, booting the SMP kernel on the A500-A5X and installing the mouse
- 16 - Try to get strace working on the A500-A5X and debugging 712 start_kernel
- 15 - Display of the cursor by Xavier:COMMITTED
- 13 - First try to merge between i386 and hppa ps2 driver: FAILED
- 6 - Feedback from the Linux Expo Paris
January 2001
- 22 - Now possible to play mp3 files and 742 vme boot!
- 18 - Installation of our own subnet
- 16 - Apache compiled and installed on the 712
- 1 - Happy New Year!! Now it's time to get some rest...
December 2000
- 25 - Cool! Loads of gifts & treats!! Merry Christmas everyone!
- 14 - Defeated the STI at last!
- 12 - French version of the PA/Linux in Paris website published
- 11 - Good News & Old Stuff
  - Operating B132
  - Lynx recompiled
- 8 - Hard Drive configuration
- 7 - Mission: victory on the B132
  - HDs rebuilt
  - B132 booting
  - GPM 1.19.3 compiled and executed on the 712
- 6 - Continuing on our new installation and kernel version
  - New Kernel compiled & new config recipe
  - Precise examination of the boot process to obtain a File System
November 2000
- 29 - Tidying up
  - Server reinstall & compile
  - Studying porting differences between 712s and B132s
- 28 - Focusing on the mouse
  - Mouse study
  - Studying the possibility of doing the mouse driver
- 27 - Keyboard leds
  - Studying led management
  - Keyboard OK
- 14 - Bad day!
  - Recompiling does not work
- 7 - More and more work to handle!
  - Lynx compiled on HP712
  - New Debian PC to work on porting
  - Launching STI
  - Problems with LIBRARY_PATH
October 2000
- 26 - New operating PS/2 Keyboard driver installed.
- 25 - Project history publication.
- 24 - New installations and low-level work:
  - Debian package installation
  - Keyboard and soundchip problems
- 23 - Internal problems dealt with. Dual screen configuration.
- 20 - File System generated and published on the website
- 19 - Done with STI (for the moment), FS Root creation and network support setup.
- 17 - Changes in STI so bin, gcc and kernel recompiled
- 16 - So far, so good
  - The test program works OK
  - Read-only problem resolved for NFS
- 12 - Progress in compiling and binaries:
  - gmake v3.79 installation
  - Successful glibc compile and installation
  - Cross-compile and Linux compile operational on a simple 'Hello World'-type test program
  - Automatic update program
  - Problems with scanf on test programs: execution problems
  - Website update (v2.1)
- 10 - Loads of new stuff!
  - Server reinstall
  - Version 2.0 of the website online
  - Toolchain docs updated
  - Automatic scripts coding
    (The Team)
- 4 - First website update: howto pages added. (Malek, Thomas)
- 3 - A bunch of setup problems, but...
  - Version 1.0 of the website is online. (Malek, Thomas)
  - Problems with the makefile and include files in hppa_linux
September 2000
- 29 - Gcc and Linux_Palo are compiled. Successful NFSroot launch but in read-only mode. (Xavier, Thomas)
- 21 - Network setup: Linux PC and two HP 712 workstations. Kernel download and bootp testing. (The Team)
- 12 - First meeting with Thierry Simonnet. Briefing on the different steps of the project: setup, guide, development. (The Team)