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apps Zero out plugin RAM before loading a plugin, to ensure a properly zeroed bss area. This matters because gcc puts zero-initialized data into bss 2004-11-10 22:20:20 +00:00
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docs Const is allowed. 2004-11-11 09:40:48 +00:00
firmware Fixed the player sim. There is no SH1 hardware in the simulator... 2004-11-11 01:36:37 +00:00
flash Ondio support for flash boot loader (yes, I have flashed my Ondio) 2004-09-29 21:54:29 +00:00
fonts Found the long-lost .bdf of my favourite font, which I once made based on "uwe_prop". I use this all the time, nice to read and since it is proportional, saves space. 2004-07-08 06:55:32 +00:00
gdb Port A inits for cold-start capability 2003-06-29 21:57:20 +00:00
tools Add dummy text if some tags are missing 2004-10-26 14:26:37 +00:00
uisimulator Fixed VC6 simulator build 2004-11-02 17:14:46 +00:00
www Downtime due to maintenance 2004-11-10 11:47:18 +00:00

               __________               __   ___.
     Open      \______   \ ____   ____ |  | _\_ |__   _______  ___
     Source     |       _//  _ \_/ ___\|  |/ /| __ \ /  _ \  \/  /
     Jukebox    |    |   (  <_> )  \___|    < | \_\ (  <_> > <  <
     Firmware   |____|_  /\____/ \___  >__|_ \|___  /\____/__/\_ \
                       \/            \/     \/    \/            \/

Build Your Own Rockbox

1. Check out 'rockbox' from CVS (or extract a downloaded archive). You
   want to check out 'rockbox-devel' instead if you want the simulator
   code too (for trying out things on host before making target tests).

   (For more information about the simulator, read UISIMULATOR.)

   $ cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@www.rockbox.org:/cvsroot/rockbox login 
   $ cvs -z3 -d:pserver:anonymous@www.rockbox.org:/cvsroot/rockbox co rockbox

     or

   $ tar xzf rockbox.tar.gz

2. Create a build directory, preferably in the same directory as the firmware/
   and apps/ directories. This is where all generated files will be written.

   $ cd rockbox
   $ mkdir build
   $ cd build

4. In your build directory, run the 'tools/configure' script and enter what
   target you want to build for and if you want a debug version or not (and a
   few more questions). It'll prompt you. The debug version is for making a
   gdb version out of it. It is only useful if you run gdb towards your target
   Archos.

   $ ../tools/configure

5. *ploink*. Now you have got a Makefile generated for you.

6. Make sure you have sh-elf-gcc and siblings in the PATH. Make sure that you
   have 'perl' in your PATH too.

   $ which sh-elf-gcc
   $ which perl

7. Run 'make' and soon the necessary pieces from the firmware and the apps
   directories have been compiled, linked and scrambled for you.

   $ make

8. Copy the archos.mod or ajbrec.ajz file to your archos, reboot it and
   *smile*.  Recent Rockbox versions need no reboots, just PLAY a new rockbox
   version and that'll be loaded and replace the currently running version.

   $ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/archos
   $ cp ajbrec.ajz /mnt/archos
   $ umount /mnt/archos

Whenever the tools/configure script gets updated, you can make your makefile
updated too by running 'tools/configure update'.

If you want to build for more than one target, just create several build
directories and create a setup for each target:

   $ mkdir build-fmrecorder
   $ cd build-fmrecorder
   $ ../tools/configure

   $ mkdir build-player
   $ cd build-player
   $ ../tools/configure

Questions anyone? Ask on the mailing list. We'll be happy to help you!