Igloo Community – the team developing for ST Ericsson Snowball Nova A9500 development board – has released the fifth version of the Linux BSP for the board and this version nearly fully support all features of the board. It can be downloaded at http://igloocommunity.org/download/linaro/images/20111209/.
ChangeLog since last release:
- Based on Linaro Ubuntu 11.11 desktop filesystem
- Accelerometer and barometer support for all board revisions
- GPS support
- Enhancements to the default kernel config (NFS, /proc/config.gz support)
- Enhanced display support
- Add support for new connectivity module versions
Main supported features:
- Based on Linux 3.0.0 and the Linaro Ubuntu desktop file system
- HDMI/DVI-D display support
- Graphics acceleration with the Mali 400 GPU
- Bluetooth support
- GPS support
- Ethernet and Wireless connectivity
- microSD card support
- Sensors (accelerometer, magnetometer, gyroscope, barometer)
- Limited USB OTG host functionality
Features to be included in future releases:
- Multimedia acceleration
- Better USB OTG host support
Known issues:
- USB OTG host mode is working only in a limited fashion. Some devices work, some don’t. The USB devices must be disconnected during boot, otherwise the host mode fails to work.
- Bluetooth must be enabled for WiFi to work (they are on the same chip)
The flashing instructions are available at http://www.igloocommunity.org/support/Flashing_howto
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