Hacking PXA270 internal USB HOST - Page 23

kriketronic · 10-21-07, 10:07 AM

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By the way, I munged the GPIOConfig_v1.2B utility found on the Colabri website so that it would run on my X50v (has to run in VGA mode) but unfortunately, it needs a right mouse button function to enable some of its features - Is there a utility that can pretend to handle a right button on a mouse for WM2003SE/WM5?

Have a friend with Bluetooth mouse?

for example like this: Pocket PC Thoughts :: Print Version

Antineutrino · 10-22-07, 06:30 PM

You are awesome, guys.....:approve::approve::approve:

bigbop · 10-23-07, 08:04 AM

Originally Posted by kriketronic

Have a friend with Bluetooth mouse?

for example like this: Pocket PC Thoughts :: Print Version

Yes, I'll try that. Thanks

kickme · 10-29-07, 01:49 AM

Hey BigBop - Any progress? haven't heard from you for a week :)

If there is anything I can do to help please let me know!

BR

bigbop · 10-30-07, 04:09 PM

Originally Posted by kickme

Hey BigBop - Any progress? haven't heard from you for a week :)
If there is anything I can do to help please let me know!
BR

Yeah, been busy at home and work.
Maybe you could search out a way to create a relocateable version of the DLL modules?

kickme · 10-31-07, 01:58 AM

Will do some research :)

BR
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Could not find any way to strip the XIP from the dlls. Best I can find is how to relocate the memory space for the dlls and add them to a ROM. Are you sure you heard there is a way to do it? Also, we could decompile and compile but that is a bit complex.

sibble-comp · 02-16-08, 02:01 PM

Just had a thought on this.... is it possible any of the newer roms (legal or not) would work better for this. Both the the good and the bad roms have sdhc support which was considered a hardware issue before, maybe usb support works with them or is easier to implement???

bigbop · 02-19-08, 03:23 PM

Originally Posted by sibble-comp

Just had a thought on this.... is it possible any of the newer roms (legal or not) would work better for this. Both the the good and the bad roms have sdhc support which was considered a hardware issue before, maybe usb support works with them or is easier to implement???

The new Axim ROMs have nothing in them to do with USB host interfacing.
Any USB host driver needs to be added after the fact on the Axim either by purchasing a 3rd party USB host CF interface or by re-engineering the ROM and adding the driver AFTER someone figures out how to get the built-in host interface to work through the USB sync port on the device.

Unfortunately, I'm too bogged down with more important stuff right now to resume my previous work but there is enough information in thread for anyone else to carry on where I left off.
Unfortunately, most members here would rather just urge me on so that they can grab a copy in the end rather than help do some serious development work

(except for a few - and they know who they are and I thank them for the help they've provided so far :approve:)

sibble-comp · 02-24-08, 08:14 PM

Heh, yeah, wish I could help, but I know zero about programming, last time I did any programming, basic and pascal were all the rage ;-)

Dagon · 03-09-08, 06:06 PM

hey big-bob, is there any possibility of explaning the course of the actual actions? where are your efforts pointing to?

recently i contact afarre asking for the docs for intel processor, the links are death, and thanks to him now i'm on my way, but if i build my own version of this and you already have some work done, then, we are both pulling on opossite directions, why don't you let us know what are you doing.

this is the only way we can help in this marvellous project

maybe there is a lot of members waiting in the shadows, but me and others are like ants, running in all directions with out a leader?

would you become our sensei? please

i hope you will.

kickme · 03-10-08, 01:24 AM

HI Big-Bop - hope the house movng was successful :)

Anyway, still hunting and found this site: Jungo WinDriver PCI for Windows CE, Windows Mobile 6.0 - Driver Development Tools
I am not much of a programmer but if it is in the right direction I have found some references to it :)

bigbop · 03-11-08, 12:03 PM

Let me know which links are dead and I will give you alternate links to get the info.
At this point in time, it appears I will not resume this project until about May or June due to other priorities.
Essentially, I have explained what I want to do in several previous posts and have provided lots of technical info.
I appreciate users who want to help but they need to have very good electronic and software skills for this.
A person with those skills would know aht I'm trying to do by going through this thread and would be able to expand upon the work further.

Dagon · 03-16-08, 08:00 AM

May or June, mmmmhhh, i have to study a lot, maybe a surprise await you on your return.

it's very important to prioritize your activities, that is something i can't never do :(

TheMadProff · 03-17-08, 05:49 PM

Hi, I've just read through the entire topic, and would love to help.

On the subject of drivers, WM6 has some sort of usb driver built right in (all versions, inc Football Rom). This is called usbfndrv.dll. I'll see if i can get a copy of it

Edit:
Ok, turns out wm5 also contains this driver.

Also, I found a website that has x50 rom dumps on it:
(Link deleted)

Finally, I have attached 2 zips containing the two different files, and accompanying ones (from the website)

I hope this is useful, sorry if i'm just being stupid/you already have these files

bigbop · 03-18-08, 09:58 AM

Thanks. Welcome to Aximsite.
Please note that posting links to copyrighted software is not allowed on the site. Please remove the link you posted.

However, the usbfndrv.dll module is the client driver only.
What you need to research are the OHCI drivers for USB Host as well as the USB OnTheGo (OTG) drivers. The PXA270 uP used in the Axim has a USB OTG interface. In fact, that is what the USB client interface goes through, so you already have the connection on the sync connector.

So, with that said, the USB OTG drivers are not that simple and I still need to reverse engineer the actual client interface from the sync connector back to the uP to see if it can be used in a USB OTG configuration. Have a look at the Loox 720 technical info on the web. HTC used the upper half of the Loox 720 design on the Axim X50/X51 series. Look at the photos of the Loox board and compare them to the X50 board. The upper half on both are essentially the same design - and the 720 has a USB host interface :).
You would be better off tearing apart the 720's ROM to see if the USB host modules use the OTG interface or the built-in USB Host-1 port, which is not connected to anything on the X50 series.

Internal Loox photos

Internal X50v photos

Originally Posted by TheMadProff

Hi, I've just read through the entire topic, and would love to help.

On the subject of drivers, WM6 has some sort of usb driver built right in (all versions, inc Football Rom). This is called usbfndrv.dll. I'll see if i can get a copy of it

Edit:
Ok, turns out wm5 also contains this driver.

Also, I found a website that has x50 rom dumps on it:
NOT ALLOWED ON THIS SITE

Finally, I have attached 2 zips containing the two different files, and accompanying ones (from the website)

I hope this is useful, sorry if i'm just being stupid/you already have these files