tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-177364472009-09-19T17:46:56.430ZThe Open2x project exists to provide open source resources (firmware, toolchains, libs, tools etc.) for the GP2X handheld console based on the MagicEyes MMSP2 processing platform and MP2520F SoC.<br>The project hosts Linux kernel source for the GP2X, boot loader (Das U-Boot) source and more. Want to keep upto date with the project? Check the <a href="http://wiki.open2x.org">Wiki</a> and the <a href="https://sourceforge.net/mail/?group_id=150350">Mailing Lists</a>.DJWillishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09732885653273482047noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-70104973287581568432009-07-19T09:14:00.003Z2009-07-19T09:17:06.034Z

This has been out for ages, but nobody ever posted about it on the front page! Now supports F200 and many other new features and best of all it is available to download for all!See here for more information:http://www.gp32x.com/board/index.php?/topic/47311-open2x-dr7-for-f100-and-f200/

Adannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-56185554741881327802008-09-13T08:01:00.002Z2008-09-13T08:06:56.306Z

Finally, it is out!To be honest, I can't actually remember what I have added over the past 8 months. There has been so many new odds and ends and I did a lot of the foundation work for DR4 right after DR3 was released. See the last newsletter for an outline of the more interesting new features since DR3.Oh, and our code is now in sync with the official SVN for GMenu2x again, so any binaries you

Adannoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-75629296781096914222008-07-28T20:14:00.011Z2008-07-29T08:16:24.546Z

F200 supportSenquack recently discovered that GamePark Holdings had made a sneaky source release of 4.1. This included for the first time, the menu code along with the normal kernel source which has some interesting bits of code such as serial number reading and enabling TV-out correctly (I'm hoping to roll these functions into a dynamic library to be included in the firmware itself). Senquack

Adannoreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-2968376262311377192008-02-22T15:13:00.002Z2008-02-22T17:22:22.315Z

I've adapted the GBA Makefiles from devkitARM to work with the Open2x toolchain. They are very clean, and I thought it'd be nice to have them around so that new people don't have to faff around writing their own. It may also help people release dynamic binaries when a public release of the Open2x firmware is made.There are two Makefiles included. 'Makefile' builds a dynamically linked binary

Adannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-65831413270041603572008-02-20T01:07:00.008Z2008-02-20T01:35:20.776Z

I've finally made a third developer release of the Open2x firmware. This is a translational release between DR2 and a release candidate for a final public release. As far as I'm concerned, the filesystem is pretty complete and the kernel is in good shape.New features in this release are plentiful. For one thing, the latest SVN version of GMenu2x is being used, which has a new 'Explorer' option so

Adannoreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-51947722385625639942008-02-10T00:04:00.000Z2008-02-10T00:13:23.827Z

GMenu2x updatesRyo has been hard at work with GMenu2x and I've updated our GMenu2x to the latests from SVN. This makes it a bit easier to use, and has a more traditional file browser alongside the 'links' mechanism for launching applications (so you can now just select an executable file from SD without creating a link).Open2x settingsI have looked through the GMenu2x source code and have added a

Adannoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-26359752572649003622007-11-21T22:39:00.000Z2007-11-22T19:39:20.883Z

Library workOver the last few days, I've been rewriting the scripts that compile the Open2x libraries. They should be more manageable (since each library is split into an isolated 'module'), reliable (since they use more standard build procedures than the old scripts) and can now handle multiple versions and basic dependency tracking. In the future, integration with the buildroot-based firmware

Adannoreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-50093048335975760702007-10-29T10:24:00.000Z2007-10-29T10:31:08.509Z

As some of you have noticed there is currently a problem with the MySQL database that underpins the Wiki, the problem is actually with the hosts MySQL box and they are looking to solve the problem over the next day or so (well so they tell me, experience tells me otherwise). I have backups of the database from a week or so ago and will host the database elsewhere if the problems are not sorted in

DJWillishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09732885653273482047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-82004101900702769092007-08-23T22:01:00.000Z2007-08-23T22:05:44.135Z

Another patch for those using the Open2x firmware. This one adds SMB mounting support directly into the firmware in the same way as the unofficial patch for the official firmware many people use . It provides smbmount and smbumount as well as a /mnt/smb directory to use with it.http://x11.gp2x.de/open2x/patches/dr2/patch-dr2.3.zip

Adannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-73802638718609243682007-08-15T18:12:00.000Z2007-08-15T18:18:58.666Z

For those with DR2, this adds SDL_ttf, librt and libnsl as well as mmuhack.o (to use it instead of the one distributed with GPH applications, simply delete the one from the application directory - this should automatically use the built in module).http://x11.gp2x.de/open2x/patches/patch-dr2.2.zip

Adannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-18071063833347569782007-08-12T23:37:00.000Z2007-08-13T11:05:58.419Z

A new release of the firmware has been made for developers. As before, this is a closed beta only available on request. For those who had the previous beta (yes, we have a list) please contact us to get an updated version. Also, please check back here regularly for patches and new releases, I will not be sending out mass e-mails again (though I will post to the mailing list in future if you

Adannoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-50180380279448509092007-07-19T18:12:00.000Z2007-07-19T22:04:26.372Z

Time for a long over due post to this news page.We seem to keep all our activity confined to the wiki, mailing list and SVN these days ;).As some people (those who have got it) will be aware, the first semi-public release of the Open2x firmware has been made (Open2x-DR1) after a long period of ad-hoc builds, alphas and general hackery/development. High points are a newer 2.4 kernel, SDHC support,

Adannoreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-71219140998036571202007-03-29T13:11:00.000Z2007-03-29T13:31:44.380Z

As many of you know one of the current weak areas of Open2x is the lack of a decent version of mplayer intergrated into the firmware.The project currently uses a fork of the GPH supplied mplayer and whilst we wish to continue using this as a base we would welcome any offers of help to cleanup the code and make the player more maintainable and supportable going forward so we can start to enhance

DJWillishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09732885653273482047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-33351900679868468872007-03-22T11:06:00.000Z2007-03-29T13:20:52.812Z

I just thought it was worth mentioning that a reasonably active forum thread has sprung up about Open2x on GP32x that you can read here.Most aspects of the project are covered in one form or another in the various posts from project developers.We will try and get a chance to précis the thread and post it up here as a status report/Q&A as soon as time permits.John Willis

DJWillishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09732885653273482047noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-752145589628721512007-01-16T13:01:00.000Z2007-02-20T14:13:59.969Z

This is just a quick post to this news page to point people to the project wiki.Nobody has been updating this page for a long time (painfully obvious) but the project is very far from dead. It is just that most of the discussion and activity seems to happen on the Wiki, Developer mailing list and #GP2XDev on EfNet.This site is long overdue for some frequent updates and status reports and all

DJWillishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09732885653273482047noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-1130767452657136242005-10-31T14:01:00.000Z2005-10-31T14:04:50.536Z

Not strictly Open2x related but as I am storing the scripts in CVS I guess it was worth a small update. Don't use these scripts unless you really know what you are doing, you would be better to wait a little while for some pre-made tool-chains with things like SDL already bolted on.More information can be found here.

DJWillishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09732885653273482047noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-1129841231957899172005-10-22T20:45:00.000Z2005-10-24T19:27:32.570Z

All,Just a quick update to say that the MMSP2 source for the Linux kernel and the U-Boot boot-loader has been uploaded to SourceForge.Net's CVS.If you wish to take a look you can get the code by checking out the mmsp2 module in Open2x’s CVS (or u-boot-mmsp2 if you just want u-boot, linux-mmsp2 if you just want the Linux kernel).I have also made some file releases of the code to make downloading

DJWillishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09732885653273482047noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17736447.post-1129063886930853202005-10-11T20:37:00.000Z2005-10-11T22:51:53.176Z

Welcome to this very quick and dirty project log for the Open2x project. I will work on constructing a more elaborate website with more information at some point.I guess if you have made it this far you may want to know a little about this new project, it’s goals, etc. etc.Well I don’t really go in for manifestos and long diatribes about how this and that came together so I’ll keep it

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