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<p>
by Jörg Hohensohn aka [IDC]Dragon
<p>
-1. What is this about?<br>
-2. How is it working?<br>
-3. Is it dangerous?<br>
-4. Will it work for me?<br>
-5. How do I flash the firmware?<br>
-6. How do I bring in a current / my personal build of Rockbox?<br>
-7. Known issues, limitations<br>
+1. Introduction<br>
+2. Method<br>
+3. Risks<br>
+4. Requirements<br>
+5. Flashing procedure<br>
+6. Bringing in a current or personal build of Rockbox<br>
+7. Known issues and limitations<br>
8. Movies and images<br>
-<h2>1. What is this about?</h2>
+
+<h2>1. Introduction</h2>
<p>
-Flashing in the sense used here and elsewhere in regard to Rockbox means
-reprogramming the flash memory of the Archos unit. Flash memory (sometimes
-called "Flash ROM") is a type of nonvolatile memory that can be erased and
-reprogrammed in circuit. It is a variation of electrically erasable
-programmable read-only memory (EEPROM).
+Flashing
+in the sense used here and elsewhere in regard to Rockbox means
+reprogramming the flash memory of the Archos unit. Flash memory
+(sometimes called &quot;Flash ROM&quot;) is a type of nonvolatile
+memory that can be erased and reprogrammed in circuit. It is a
+variation of electrically erasable programmable read-only memory
+(EEPROM).
+</p>
<p>
- When you bought Your Archos, it came with the Archos firmware flashed. Now,
-you can replace the built-in software with Rockbox.
+When
+you bought your Archos, it came with the Archos firmware flashed.
+Now, you can replace the built-in software with Rockbox.
+</p>
<p>
-Some terminology I'm gonna use in the following:<br>
+Terminology used in the following:<br>
<b>Firmware</b> means the flash ROM content as a whole.<br>
<b>Image</b> means one operating software started from there.
+</p>
<p>
-By reprogramming the firmware we can bot much faster. Archos has a pathetic
-boot loader, versus the boot time for Rrockbox is much faster than the disk
-spinup, in fact it has to wait for the disk. Your boot time will be as quick as
-a disk spinup. In my case, that's 4 seconds from powerup until resuming
-playback.
-
-<h2>2. How is it working?</h2>
+By
+reprogramming the firmware we can boot much faster. Archos has a
+pathetic boot loader, versus the boot time for Rockbox is much faster
+than the disk spinup, in fact it has to wait for the disk. Your boot
+time will be as quick as a disk spinup (e.g. 4 seconds from powerup
+until resuming playback).
+</p>
+
+<h2>2. Method</h2>
<p>
-The replaced firmware will host a bootloader and 2 images. I use data
-compression to make this possible. The first is the "permanent" backup, not to
-be changed any more. The second is the default one to be started, the first is
-only used when you hold the F1 key during start. Like supplied here, the first
-image is the original Archos firmware, the second is a current build of
-Rockbox. This second image is meant to be reprogrammed, it can contain anything
-you like, if you prefer, you can program the Archos firmware to there, too.
+The
+replaced firmware will host a bootloader and 2 images. This possible
+by compression. The first is the &quot;permanent&quot; backup, not to
+be changed any more. The second is the default one to be started, the
+first is only used when you hold the F1 key during start. Like
+supplied here, the first image is the original Archos firmware, the
+second is a current build of Rockbox. This second image is meant to
+be reprogrammed, it can contain anything you like, if you prefer, you
+can program the Archos firmware to there, too.
+</p>
<p>
-I supply two programming tools:
+There are two programming tools supplied:
+</p>
<ul>
-<li> The first one is called "firmware_flash.rock" and is used to program the
-whole flash with a new content. You can also use it to revert back to the
-original firmware you've hopefully backup-ed. In the ideal case, you'll need
-this tool only once. You can view this as "formatting" the flash with the
-desired image structure.
-<li> The second one is called "rockbox_flash.rock" and is used to reprogram only
-the second image. It won't touch any other byte, should be safe to fool around
-with. If the programmed firmware is inoperational, you can still use the F1
-start with the Archos firmware and Rockbox booted from disk to try better.
+ <li>
+ The
+ first one is called &quot;firmware_flash.rock&quot; and is used to
+ program the whole flash with a new content. You can also use it to
+ revert back to the original firmware you've hopefully backup-ed. In
+ the ideal case, you'll need this tool only once. You can view this
+ as &quot;formatting&quot; the flash with the desired image
+ structure.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ The
+ second one is called &quot;rockbox_flash.rock&quot; and is used to
+ reprogram only the second image. It won't touch any other byte,
+ should be safe to fool around with. If the programmed firmware is
+ inoperational, you can still use the F1 start with the Archos
+ firmware and Rockbox booted from disk to try better.
+ </li>
</ul>
<p>
-I will provide more technical details in the future, as well as my non-user
+More technical details will be provided in the future, as well as non-user
tools. There's an authoring tool which composed the firmware file with the
bootloader and the 2 images, the bootloader project, the plugin sources, and
the tools for the UART boot feature: a monitor program for the box and a PC
-tool to drive it. Feel free to review the
-<a href="http://joerg.hohensohn.bei.t-online.de/archos/flash/flash_sourcecode.zip">sources</a>
+tool to drive it. Feel free to review the
+<a href="http://joerg.hohensohn.bei.t-online.de/archos/flash/flash_sourcecode.zip">sources</a>
for all of it, but be careful when fooling around with powerful toys!
+</p>
-<h2>3. Is it dangerous?</h2>
+<h2>3. Risks</h2>
<p>
-Yes, certainly, like programming a mainboard BIOS, CD/DVD drive firmware,
-mobile phone, etc. If the power fails, your chip breaks while programming or
-most of all the programming software malfunctions, you'll have a dead box. And
-I take no responsibility of any kind, you do that at your own risk. However, I
-tried as carefully as possible to bulletproof this code. The new firmware file
-is completely read before it starts programming, there are a lot of sanity
-checks. If any fails, it will not program. Before releasing this, I have
-checked the flow with exactly these files supplied here, starting from the
-original firmware in flash. It worked reliably for me, there's no reason why
-such low level code should behave different on your box.
+Well,
+is it dangerous? Yes, certainly, like programming a mainboard BIOS,
+CD/DVD drive firmware, mobile phone, etc. If the power fails, your
+chip breaks while programming or most of all the programming software
+malfunctions, you'll have a dead box. We take no responsibility of
+any kind, you do that at your own risk. However, we tried as
+carefully as possible to bulletproof this code. The new firmware file
+is completely read before it starts programming, there are a lot of
+sanity checks. If any fails, it will not program. Before releasing
+this, we have checked the flow with exactly these files supplied
+here, starting from the original firmware in flash. It worked
+reliably, there's no reason why such low level code should behave
+different on your box.
+</p>
<p>
-There's one ultimate safety net to bring back boxes with even completely
-garbled flash content: the UART boot mod, which in turn requires the serial
-mod. It can bring the dead back to life, with that it's possible to reflash
-independently from the outside, even if the flash is completely erased. I used
-that during development, else Rockbox in flash wouldn't have been possible.
-Most of the developing effort went into this tooling. So people skilled to do
-these mods don't need to worry. The others may feel unpleasant using the first
+There's
+one ultimate safety net to bring back boxes with even completely
+garbled flash content: the UART boot mod, which in turn requires the
+serial mod. It can bring the dead back to life, with that it's
+possible to reflash independently from the outside, even if the flash
+is completely erased. It has been used that during development, else
+Rockbox in flash wouldn't have been possible. Most of the developing
+effort went into this tooling. So people skilled to do these mods
+don't need to worry. The others may feel unpleasant using the first
tool for reflashing the firmware.
+</p>
<p>
-To comfort you a bit again: The flash tools are stable since quite a while.
-I use them a lot and quite careless meanwhile, even reflashed while playing.
-However, I don't generally recommend that. ;-)
+To
+comfort you a bit again: The flash tools are stable since quite a
+while. Several people use them a lot and quite careless meanwhile,
+even reflashed while playing. However, we don't generally recommend
+that. ;-)
+</p>
<p>
-About the safety of operation: Since we have dual boot, you're not giving up
-the Archos firmware. It's still there when you hold F1 during startup. So even
-if Rockbox from flash is not 100% stable for everyone, you can still use the
-box, reflash the second image with an updated Rockbox copy, etc.
+About
+the safety of operation: Since we have dual boot, you're not giving
+up the Archos firmware. It's still there when you hold F1 during
+startup. So even if Rockbox from flash is not 100% stable for
+everyone, you can still use the box, reflash the second image with an
+updated Rockbox copy, etc.
+</p>
<p>
-The flash chip being used by Archos is specified for 100,000 cycles (in words:
-one hundred thousand), so you don't need to worry about that wearing out.
+The
+flash chip being used by Archos is specified for 100,000 cycles (in
+words: one hundred thousand), so you don't need to worry about that
+wearing out.
+</p>
-<h2>4. Will it work for me?</h2>
+<h2>4. Requirements</h2>
<p>
-You need three things:
+You need two things:
+</p>
<ul>
-<li> The first is a Recorder or FM model. Be sure you're using the correct
-package, Recorder and FM are different! The technology works for
-the Player models, too. Players can also be flashed, but Rockbox does not
-run cold-started on those, yet.
-
-<li> Second, you need an in-circuit programmable flash. Chances are about 85%
-that you have, but Archos also used an older flash chip which can't do the
-trick. You can find out via Rockbox debug menu, entry Hardware Info. If the
-flash info gives you question marks, you're out of luck. The only chance then
-is to solder in the right chip (SST39VF020), at best with the firmware already
-in. If the chip is blank, you'll need the UART boot mod as well.
-
+ <li>
+ The
+ first is a Recorder or FM model. Be sure you're using the correct
+ package, Recorder and FM are different! The technology works for the
+ Player models, too. Players can also be flashed, but Rockbox does
+ not run cold-started on those, yet.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Second,
+ you need an in-circuit programmable flash. Chances are about 85%
+ that you have, but Archos also used an older flash chip which can't
+ do the trick. You can find out via Rockbox debug menu, entry
+ Hardware Info. If the flash info gives you question marks, you're
+ out of luck. The only chance then is to solder in the right chip
+ (SST39VF020), at best with the firmware already in. If the chip is
+ blank, you'll need the UART boot mod as well.
+ </li>
</ul>
-<h2>5. How do I flash the firmware?</h2>
-<p>
-Short explaination: copy the firmware_*.bin files for your model from my distribution
-to the root directory of your box, then run the "firmware_flash.rock" plugin.
-Long version:
+<h2>5. Flashing procedure</h2>
<p>
-
-I'm using the new plugin feature to run the flasher code. There's not really a
-wrong path to take, however here's a suggested step by step procedure:
+Short
+explanation: copy the firmware_*.bin files for your model from the
+distribution to the root directory of your box, then run the
+&quot;firmware_flash.rock&quot; plugin. Long version, step by step
+procedure:
+</p>
<ul>
-<li> download the correct package for you model,
-<a href="http://joerg.hohensohn.bei.t-online.de/archos/flash/flash_rec.zip">Recorder</a>
- or
-<a href="http://joerg.hohensohn.bei.t-online.de/archos/flash/flash_fm.zip">FM</a>
-, copy some files of it to your box:
-<ol>
- <li> "ajbrec.ajz" into the root directory (the version of Rockbox we're going to use and have in the
-firmware file)<br>
- <li> firmware_rec.bin or firmware_fm.bin into the root directory (the complete firmware for your model,
-with my bootloader and the two images). There now is also a _norom variant, copy both,
-the plugin will decide which one is required for your box.
- <li> the .rockbox subdirectory with all the plugins for Rockbox<br>
- </ol>
-<li> Restart the box so that the new ajbrec.ajz gets started.
-
-<li> Enter the debug menu and select the hardware info screen. Check you flash
-IDs (bottom line), and please make a note about your hardware
-mask value (second line). The latter is just for my curiosity, not needed for the
-flow. If the flash info shows question marks, you can stop here, sorry.
-
-<li> Backup the current firmware, using the first option of the debug menu
-(Dump ROM contents). This creates 2 files in the root directory, which you may
-not immediately see in the Rockbox browser. The 256kB-sized
-"internal_rom_2000000-203FFFF.bin" one is your present firmware. Back both up
-to your PC.
-
-<li> (optional) While you're in this Rockbox version, I recommend to give it a
-test and play around with it, this version is identical to the one about to be
-programmed. Make sure that especially USB access and Rolo works. When done,
-restart again to have a fresh start and to be back in this Rockbox version.
-
-<li> Use the F2 settings to configure seeing all files within the browser.
-
-<li> Connect the charger and make sure your batteries are also in good
-shape. I'm just being paranoid here, it's not that flashing needs more power.
-
-<li> Run the "firmware_flash.rock" plugin. It again tells you about your flash
-and the file it's gonna program. After F1 it checks the file. Your hardware
-mask value will be kept, it won't overwrite it. Hitting F2 gives you a big
-warning. If I still didn't manage to scare you off, you can hit F3 to
-actually program and verify. The programming takes just a few seconds.
-If the sanity check fails, you have the wrong kind of boot ROM and are
-out of luck by now, sorry.
-
-<li> In the unlikely event that the programming should give you any error,
-don't switch off the box! Otherwise you'll have seen it working for the last
-time. While Rockbox is still in DRAM and operational, we could upgrade the
-plugin via USB and try again. If you switch it off, it's gone.
-
-<li> Unplug the charger, restart the box and hopefully be in Rockbox straight
-away! You may delete "firmware_flash.rock" then, to avoid your little
-brother playing with that. Pressing On+Play can do it, or your PC. You
-can also delete the ".bin" files.
-
-<li> Try starting again, this time holding F1 while pressing On. It should
-boot the Archos firmware, which then loads rockbox from disk. In fact, even
-the Archos firmware comes up quicker, because their loader is replaced by
-mine.
-
+ <li>
+ download the correct package for you model,
+ <a href="http://joerg.hohensohn.bei.t-online.de/archos/flash/flash_rec.zip">Recorder</a>
+ or
+ <a href="http://joerg.hohensohn.bei.t-online.de/archos/flash/flash_fm.zip">FM</a>,
+ copy some files of it to your box:
+ <ol>
+ <li>
+ &quot;ajbrec.ajz&quot;
+ into the root directory (the version of Rockbox we're going to use
+ and have in the firmware file)
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ firmware_rec.bin
+ or firmware_fm.bin into the root directory (the complete firmware
+ for your model, with the bootloader and the two images). There now
+ is also a _norom variant, copy both, the plugin will decide which
+ one is required for your box.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ the .rockbox subdirectory with all the plugins for Rockbox
+ </li>
+ </ol>
+ <li>
+ Restart the box so that the new ajbrec.ajz gets started.
+ </li>
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Enter
+ the debug menu and select the hardware info screen. Check you flash
+ IDs (bottom line), and please make a note about your hardware mask
+ value (second line). The latter is just for our curiosity, not
+ needed for the flow. If the flash info shows question marks, you can
+ stop here, sorry.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Backup
+ the current firmware, using the first option of the debug menu (Dump
+ ROM contents). This creates 2 files in the root directory, which you
+ may not immediately see in the Rockbox browser. The 256kB-sized
+ &quot;internal_rom_2000000-203FFFF.bin&quot; one is your present
+ firmware. Back both up to your PC.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ (optional)
+ While you're in this Rockbox version, it is recommended to give it a
+ test and play around with it, this version is identical to the one
+ about to be programmed. Make sure that especially USB access and
+ Rolo works. When done, restart again to have a fresh start and to be
+ back in this Rockbox version.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Use
+ the F2 settings to configure seeing all files within the browser.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Connect
+ the charger and make sure your batteries are also in good shape.
+ That's just for security reasons, it's not that flashing needs more
+ power.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Run
+ the &quot;firmware_flash.rock&quot; plugin. It again tells you about
+ your flash and the file it's gonna program. After F1 it checks the
+ file. Your hardware mask value will be kept, it won't overwrite it.
+ Hitting F2 gives you a big warning. If we still didn't manage to
+ scare you off, you can hit F3 to actually program and verify. The
+ programming takes just a few seconds. If the sanity check fails, you
+ have the wrong kind of boot ROM and are out of luck by now, sorry.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ In
+ the unlikely event that the programming should give you any error,
+ don't switch off the box! Otherwise you'll have seen it working for
+ the last time. While Rockbox is still in DRAM and operational, we
+ could upgrade the plugin via USB and try again. If you switch it
+ off, it's gone.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Unplug
+ the charger, restart the box and hopefully be in Rockbox straight
+ away! You may delete &quot;firmware_flash.rock&quot; then, to avoid
+ your little brother playing with that. Pressing On+Play can do it,
+ or your PC. You can also delete the &quot;.bin&quot; files.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Try
+ starting again, this time holding F1 while pressing On. It should
+ boot the Archos firmware, which then loads rockbox from disk. In
+ fact, even the Archos firmware comes up quicker, because their
+ loader is replaced by mine.
+ </li>
</ul>
-
-When for any reason you'd like to revert to the original firmware, you can do
-like above, but copy and rename your backup to be "firmware_rec.bin" on the
-box this time. Keep the Rockbox copy and the plugins of this package for that
-job, because that's the one it was tested with.
-
-<h2>6. How do I bring in a current / my personal build of Rockbox?</h2>
-<p> Short explaination: very easy, just play a .ucl file like "rockbox.ucl"
+<p>
+When
+for any reason you'd like to revert to the original firmware, you can
+do like above, but copy and rename your backup to be
+&quot;firmware_rec.bin&quot; on the box this time. Keep the Rockbox
+copy and the plugins of this package for that job, because that's the
+one it was tested with.
+</p>
+
+<h2>6. Bringing in a current or personal build of Rockbox</h2>
+<p>
+Short
+explanation: very easy, just play a .ucl file like &quot;rockbox.ucl&quot;
from the download or build. Long version:
-
+</p>
<p>
-The second image is the working copy, the "rockbox_flash.rock" plugin from this
-package reprograms it. The plugins needs to be consistant with the Rockbox
-plugin API version, otherwise it will detect mismatch and won't run.
-
-<p> It requires an exotic input, a UCL-compressed image, because
-that's my internal format. UCL is a nice open-source compression library I
-found and use. The decompression is very fast and less than a page of
-C-code. The efficiency is even better than Zip with maximum compression, cooks
-it down to about 58% of the original size. For details on UCL, see: <a
-href="http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/ucl/">www.oberhumer.com/opensource/ucl/</a>
-
-<p> Linux users will have to download it from there and compile it, for Win32
-and Cygwin I can do that, so the executables are in
+The
+second image is the working copy, the &quot;rockbox_flash.rock&quot;
+plugin from this package reprograms it. The plugins needs to be
+consistant with the Rockbox plugin API version, otherwise it will
+detect mismatch and won't run.
+</p>
+<p>
+It
+requires an exotic input, a UCL-compressed image, because that's the
+internal format. UCL is a nice open-source compression library. The
+decompression is very fast and less than a page of C-code. The
+efficiency is even better than Zip with maximum compression, cooks it
+down to about 58% of the original size. For details on UCL, see:
+<a href="http://www.oberhumer.com/opensource/ucl/">www.oberhumer.com/opensource/ucl/</a>
+
+</p>
+<p>
+Linux
+users will have to download it from there and compile it, for Win32
+and Cygwin the executables are in
<a href="http://joerg.hohensohn.bei.t-online.de/archos/flash">the packages</a>.
-The sample program from that download is called "uclpack". We'll use that to
-compress "rockbox.bin" which is the result of the compilation. This is
-a part of the build process meanwhile. If you compile Rockbox yourself,
-you should copy uclpack to a directory which is in the path, I recommend
-placing it int the same dir as SH compiler.
-
+The sample program from that download is called &quot;uclpack&quot;.
+We'll use that to compress &quot;rockbox.bin&quot; which is the
+result of the compilation. This is a part of the build process
+meanwhile. If you compile Rockbox yourself, you should copy uclpack
+to a directory which is in the path, we recommend placing it in the
+same dir as SH compiler.
+</p>
<p>
-Don't flash any "old" builds which don't have the latest coldstart ability I
-brought into cvs these days. They won't boot. These instructions refer to
+Don't
+flash any &quot;old&quot; builds which don't have the latest
+coldstart ability. They won't boot. These instructions refer to
builds from cvs state 2003-07-10 on.
+</p>
<p>
Here are the steps:
+</p>
<ul>
-<li> If you start from a .ajz file, you'll need to descramble it first into
-"rockbox.bin", by using "descramble ajbrec.ajz rockbox.bin". IMPORTANT: For an
-FM, the command is different, use "descramble -fm ajbrec.ajz rockbox.bin"!
-Otherwise the image won't be functional. Compress the image using uclpack,
-algorithm 2e (the most efficient, and the only one supported by the
-bootloader), with maximum compression, by typing
-"uclpack --2e --best rockbox.bin rockbox.ucl". You can make a batch file for
-this and the above step, if you like.
-
-<li> Normally, you'll simply download or compile rockbox.ucl. Copy it together
-with ajbrec.ajz and all the rocks to the appropriate places, replacing the old.
-
-<li> Just "play" the .ucl file, this will kick off the "rockbox_flash.rock"
-plugin. It's a bit similar to the other one, but I made it different
-to make the user aware. It will check the file,
-available size, etc. With F2 it's being programmed, no need for warning this
-time. If it goes wrong, you'll still have the permanent image.
-
-<li> It may happen
-that you get an "Incompatible Version" error, if the plugin interface has
-changed meanwhile. You're running an "old" copy of Rockbox, but are trying
-to execute a newer plugin, the one you just downloaded. The easiest solution
-is to rolo into this new version, by playing the ajbrec.ajz file. Then
-you are consistant and can play rockbox.ucl.
-
-<li> When done, you can restart the box and hopefully your new Rockbox image.
-
+ <li>
+ If
+ you start from a .ajz file, you'll need to descramble it first into
+ &quot;rockbox.bin&quot;, by using &quot;descramble ajbrec.ajz
+ rockbox.bin&quot;. IMPORTANT: For an FM, the command is different,
+ use &quot;descramble -fm ajbrec.ajz rockbox.bin&quot;! Otherwise the
+ image won't be functional. Compress the image using uclpack,
+ algorithm 2e (the most efficient, and the only one supported by the
+ bootloader), with maximum compression, by typing &quot;uclpack --2e
+ --best rockbox.bin rockbox.ucl&quot;. You can make a batch file for
+ this and the above step, if you like.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Normally,
+ you'll simply download or compile rockbox.ucl. Copy it together with
+ ajbrec.ajz and all the rocks to the appropriate places, replacing
+ the old.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Just
+ &quot;play&quot; the .ucl file, this will kick off the
+ &quot;rockbox_flash.rock&quot; plugin. It's a bit similar to the
+ other one, but it's made different to make the user aware. It will
+ check the file, available size, etc. With F2 it's being programmed,
+ no need for warning this time. If it goes wrong, you'll still have
+ the permanent image.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ It
+ may happen that you get an &quot;Incompatible Version&quot; error,
+ if the plugin interface has changed meanwhile. You're running an
+ &quot;old&quot; copy of Rockbox, but are trying to execute a newer
+ plugin, the one you just downloaded. The easiest solution is to rolo
+ into this new version, by playing the ajbrec.ajz file. Then you are
+ consistant and can play rockbox.ucl.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ When
+ done, you can restart the box and hopefully your new Rockbox image.
+ </li>
</ul>
-
-A more luxurious version of the plugin could do the descrambling and
-compression by itself, but that's hard to do because a plugin is very limited
-with memory (32kB for code and data). Currently I'm doing one flash sector
-(4096 bytes) at a time. Don't know how slow the compression algorithm would be
-on the box, that's the strenuous part.
<p>
-If you like or have to, you can also flash the Archos image as the second one,
-e.g. in case Rockbox from flash doesn't work for you. This way you keep the
-dual bootloader and you can easily try different later. I prepared
+If
+you like or have to, you can also flash the Archos image as the
+second one, e.g. in case Rockbox from flash doesn't work for you.
+This way you keep the dual bootloader and you can easily try
+different later. You can download
<a href="http://joerg.hohensohn.bei.t-online.de/archos/flash">UCLs</a>
-for the latest Recorder and FM firmware.
+for the latest Recorder and FM firmware
+<a href="http://joerg.hohensohn.bei.t-online.de/archos/flash">here</a>.
-<h2>7. Known issues, limitations</h2>
-<p>
-Latest Rockbox now has a charging screen, but it is in an early stage. You'll
-get it when the unit is off and you plug in the charger. The Rockbox charging
-algorithm is first measuring the battery voltage for about 40 seconds, after
-that it only starts charging when the capacity is below 85%.
-You can use the Archos charging (which always tops off) by holding F1
-while plugging in. Some FM users reported charging problems even with F1,
-they had to revert to the original flash content.
+</p>
+<h2>7. Known issues and limitations</h2>
<p>
-If the plugin API is changed, new builds may render the plugins
-incompatible. When updating, make sure you grab those too, and rolo into
-the new version before flashing it.
-
+Latest
+Rockbox now has a charging screen, but it is in an early stage.
+You'll get it when the unit is off and you plug in the charger. The
+Rockbox charging algorithm is first measuring the battery voltage for
+about 40 seconds, after that it only starts charging when the
+capacity is below 85%. You can use the Archos charging (which always
+tops off) by holding F1 while plugging in. Some FM users reported
+charging problems even with F1, they had to revert to the original
+flash content.
+</p>
<p>
-There are two variants of how the boxes starts, therefore the normal and the _norom
-firmware files. The vast majority of the Player/Recorder/FM all have the same boot
-ROM content, differenciation comes later by flash content. Rockbox identifies this
-boot ROM with a CRC value of 0x222F in the hardware info screen. Some recorders
-have the boot ROM disabled (it might be unprogrammed) and start directly from a
-flash mirror at address zero. They need the new _norom firmware, it has a slightly
-different bootloader. Without a boot ROM there is no UART boot safety net. To
-compensate for that as much as possible I have included my MiniMon monitor,
-it starts with F3+On. Using that the box can be reprogrammed via serial if the
-first ~2000 bytes of the flash are OK.
+If
+the plugin API is changed, new builds may render the plugins
+incompatible. When updating, make sure you grab those too, and rolo
+into the new version before flashing it.
+</p>
+<p>
+There
+are two variants of how the boxes starts, therefore the normal and
+the _norom firmware files. The vast majority of the
+Player/Recorder/FM all have the same boot ROM content,
+differentiation comes later by flash content. Rockbox identifies this
+boot ROM with a CRC value of 0x222F in the hardware info screen. Some
+recorders have the boot ROM disabled (it might be unprogrammed) and
+start directly from a flash mirror at address zero. They need the new
+_norom firmware, it has a slightly different bootloader. Without a
+boot ROM there is no UART boot safety net. To compensate for that as
+much as possible the MiniMon monitor is included, it starts with
+F3+On. Using that the box can be reprogrammed via serial if the first
+~2000 bytes of the flash are OK.
+</p>
<h2>8. Movies and images</h2>
<p>
- Jörg's AVI movie (1.5MB) <a href="flash/rockbox_flash_boot.avi">rockbox_flash_boot.avi</a>
+ Jörg's AVI movie (1.5MB) <a href="flash/rockbox_flash_boot.avi">rockbox_flash_boot.avi</a>
showing his unit booting Rockbox from flash.
<p>
Roland's screendump from the movie:<br>
<img src="flash/rockbox-flash.jpg" width="352" height="288">
#include "foot.t"
+