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Kobo Aura (kobo-aura)

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Kobo Aura
Manufacturer Kobo
Name Aura
Codename kobo-aura
Released 2013
Type ebook reader
Hardware
Chipset Freescale i.MX507
CPU 1 GHz Cortex-A8
Display 6 in diagonal, 16-level grayscale 1024 × 758 electronic paper
Storage 4 GB Sandisk embedded flash (SDIN7DP2-4G), external microSD slot
Architecture armv7
Software
Original software
The software and version the device was shipped with.
Kobo Firmware 3.19.5761
Extended version
The most recent supported version from the manufacturer.
Kobo Firmware
Mainline
Instead of a Linux kernel fork, it is possible to run (Close to) Mainline.
no

Contributors

  • rendeko

Maintainer(s)

  • rendeko


Booting from SD card

Could work. Untested: http://www.mobileread.mobi/forums/showthread.php?t=289206 Or, if you have a UART available and can disassemble the device: https://github.com/neuschaefer/linux/wiki/Booting-a-Kobo-Aura-from-SD

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.
  • Missing things on top of Mainline kernel for Kobo_Clara_HD_(kobo-clara):
    • support for EPDC Versions < 20
    • parts of devicetree


See also