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Firmware |____|_ /\____/ \___ >__|_ \|___ /\____/__/\_ \
\/ \/ \/ \/ \/
-Build your own archos.mod.
+Build your own archos.mod (or ajbrec.ajz)
1. Check out 'firmware', 'apps', 'docs' and 'tools' from CVS (or possibly from
a downloaded archive). You may possibly want 'uisimulator' too (for trying
@@ -24,13 +24,17 @@ Build your own archos.mod.
prompt you. The debug version is for making a gdb version out of it. It is
only useful if you run gdb towards your target Archos.
-5. Make sure you have sh-elf-gcc and siblings in the PATH.
+5. *ploink*. Now you have got a Makefile generated for you.
-6. *ploink*. Now you have got a Makefile generated for you. Run 'make' and
- soon the necessary pieces from the firmware and the apps directories have
- been compiled and linked.
+6. Make sure you have sh-elf-gcc and siblings in the PATH. Make sure that you
+ have 'perl' in your PATH too.
-7. Copy the archos.mod file to your archos, reboot it and *smile*.
+7. Run 'make' and soon the necessary pieces from the firmware and the apps
+ directories have been compiled, linked and scrambled for you.
+
+8. Copy the archos.mod/ajbrec.ajz file to your archos, reboot it and *smile*.
+ Recent Rockbox versions need no reboots, just PLAY a new rockbox version
+ and that'll be loaded and replace the currently running version.
Whenever the tools/configure script gets updated, you can make your makefile
updated too by running 'tools/configure update'