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== Notes ==
== Notes ==
* Maybe possible to diff changes between official 2.6 kernel and kobo's fork, create patch, and apply to 3.x to create working kernel? Working on this
* Maybe possible to diff changes between official 2.6 kernel and kobo's fork, create patch, and apply to 3.x to create working kernel? Working on this
* Newer kobo devices might run 3.0? Unsure.
* Newer kobo devices run 4.1.15 with a device tree.
* Possibly things can be patched on top of the mainlining work done for the [[Kobo_Clara_HD_(kobo-clara)]]


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Revision as of 17:12, 1 September 2020

Warning WARNING: This device is not recommended for future use with postmarketOS due to its armhf architecture. Alpine Linux (the distribution that postmarketOS extends) pmaports#599 has been considering dropping it.
The processor of the device may support the armv7 architecture. If so, you can modify the device package and change the architecture accordingly.
This device is marked as not booting.
Status: Kernel is 2.6, will require patching.
Kobo Aura
Manufacturer Kobo
Name Aura
Codename kobo-aura
Released 2013
Hardware
CPU 1 GHz Freescale i.MX507
Display 6 in diagonal, 16-level grayscale 1024 × 758 electronic paper
Storage 4 GB Sandisk embedded flash (SDIN7DP2-4G), external microSD slot
Architecture armhf
Software
Original software Kobo Firmware 3.19.5761
postmarketOS
Category testing
Pre-built images no


Contributors

  • rendeko

Maintainer(s)

  • rendeko


What does not work

Kernel compilation. The lowest working kernel for postmarketOS is 3.x, while the kobo-aura uses a fork of 2.6.

Notes

  • Maybe possible to diff changes between official 2.6 kernel and kobo's fork, create patch, and apply to 3.x to create working kernel? Working on this
  • Newer kobo devices run 4.1.15 with a device tree.
  • Possibly things can be patched on top of the mainlining work done for the Kobo_Clara_HD_(kobo-clara)


See also

Official kernel source (Linux 2.6) Upstream dts