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OpeniBoot: GNU/Linux sull’iPhone

Ottimo lavoro quello svolto dal membro del team di sviluppatori planetbeing, che ha fatto sì che per la prima volta nella storia esista una versione GNU/Linux per l’iPhone e per la prima generazione dell’iPod Touch.
Dal blog di planetbeing:

I’m pleased to announce that the Linux 2.6 kernel has been ported to Apple’s iPhone platform, with support for the first and second generation iPhones as well as the first generation iPod touch. This is a rough first draft of the port, and many drivers are still missing, but it’s enough that a real alternative operating system is running on the iPhone.

What we have:
- Framebuffer driver
- Serial driver
- Serial over USB driver
- Interrupts, MMU, clock, etc.
What we have in openiboot (but hasn’t been ported yet):

- Read-only support for the NAND

What we don’t have (yet!):

- Write support for the NAND
- Wireless networking
- Touchscreen
- Sound
- Accelerometer
- Baseband support

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