From 84d8d83c50cab91962a1bf683156f4c7c5b30f64 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Dave Chapman Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:42:33 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Improved README for sansapatcher, contributed by Ori Avtalion, slightly modified by me. git-svn-id: svn://svn.rockbox.org/rockbox/trunk@18169 a1c6a512-1295-4272-9138-f99709370657 --- docs/CREDITS | 1 + rbutil/sansapatcher/README | 26 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/CREDITS b/docs/CREDITS index 9ee7898c07..244363c13d 100644 --- a/docs/CREDITS +++ b/docs/CREDITS @@ -402,6 +402,7 @@ Rasmus Ry William Poetra Yoga Hadisoeseno Adrian Osoianu Martin Pahl +Ori Avtalion The libmad team The wavpack team diff --git a/rbutil/sansapatcher/README b/rbutil/sansapatcher/README index 96c66f705d..c62f676110 100644 --- a/rbutil/sansapatcher/README +++ b/rbutil/sansapatcher/README @@ -8,3 +8,29 @@ http://download.rockbox.org/bootloader/sandisk-sansa/e200/PP5022.mi4 http://download.rockbox.org/bootloader/sandisk-sansa/c200/firmware.mi4 Place both these files in the sansapatcher source directory, and type "make". + + +Building your own bootloaders +----------------------------- + +If you would like to compile the bootloaders yourself, they are the output of +running the "Bootloader" build for the E200 and C200 targets. + +NOTE: Unless you know what you are doing, it is recommended that you + use the official pre-built binary bootloaders linked to above. + Bootloaders compiled from current Rockbox SVN are untested and + may contain bugs preventing you from starting the device (or + worse...). + +In the Rockbox source directory, do: + +mkdir build-e200-bootloader +cd build-e200-bootloader +../tools/configure +[Select E200, then B for bootloader] +make + +This will create PP5022.mi4 which you should copy to the sansapatcher +build directory. + +A similar process for the C200 will create firmware.mi4.