Kobo Aura (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 | Kobo Firmware |
| Original version | 3.19.5761 |
| postmarketOS | |
| Category | testing |
| Pre-built images | no |
This device is marked as not booting.
Status: Kernel is 2.6, will require patching.
Status: Kernel is 2.6, will require patching.
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
- Official kernel source (Linux 2.6)
- Upstream dts
- InkBox, Open-source Alpine based firmware for Kobos (not sure about Aura though)