Philips Gogear SA9200

[gevaerts]

If I read those instructions correctly, it seems like the easiest way to simplify installation would be to have USB support in the bootloader.

[LambdaCalculus]

Yes, we need to whittle down the number of steps to get Rockbox installed. If I'm also reading the instructions correctly, then we need to also have the bootloader applied sooner.

[b0hoon]

Why is not possible to make the dual boot for SA? When the 16MB partition is visible in the recovery mode we can write the Rockbox bootloader, just like in case of any other PP, no? This recovery mode is similar to any other UMS mode in the PP original bootloaders (targets with the HDD), so installation would be similar like in case of Iriver H10, or PB Vibe, or whatever.

[LambdaCalculus]

Why is not possible to make the dual boot for SA?

I'm sure we could possibly make the bootloader on the SA9x00 series dual-boot between Rockbox and the OF, but no one's bothered working on that yet. We could work on the bootloader code and implement that functionality in, or just leave it and let Rockbox completely take over the OF on this device, like I had mentioned regarding the HDD63x0 as well.

[gevaerts]

This recovery mode is similar to any other UMS mode in the PP original bootloaders (targets with the HDD), so installation would be similar like in case of Iriver H10, or PB Vibe, or whatever.

Actually I doubt that. It sounds closer to the recovery mode in the PP sansas, i.e. a ramdisk-based filesystem that doesn't have any OF code on it.

[b0hoon]

Please be patient about HDD6330 i will have a solution for dual boot on it soon .

[lowlight]

USB support in the RB bootloader would be the easiest installation, but sometime ago I made a patch to installing Rockbox based off the procedure for the Gigabeat S using sendfirm via MTP.
http://www.rockbox.org/irc/log-20090626#22:13:55
http://drop.io/low_light/asset/sa9200-bootloader-patch

[LambdaCalculus]

Will this patch still apply against the current SVN?

[lowlight]

Will this patch still apply against the current SVN?

Doubtful since that patch is from over a year ago. Then again, the bootloaders don't tend to change very much, so maybe. If some chunks fail, they can probably be applied manually. I don't think the patch was too complicated.

[LambdaCalculus]

Tried the patch linked, and several hunks failed. Here are the gory details:

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gallifrey:rockbox rmenes$ patch -p0 < sa9200-bootloader.patch
patching file bootloader/main-pp.c
Hunk #1 succeeded at 453 (offset 13 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 622 (offset 14 lines).
Hunk #3 FAILED at 677.
1 out of 3 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file bootloader/main-pp.c.rej
patching file bootloader/gigabeat-s.c
Reversed (or previously applied) patch detected!  Assume -R? [n] n
Apply anyway? [n] n
Skipping patch.
2 out of 2 hunks ignored -- saving rejects to file bootloader/gigabeat-s.c.rej
patching file bootloader/common.c
Hunk #1 FAILED at 34.
Hunk #2 succeeded at 240 (offset 6 lines).
1 out of 2 hunks FAILED -- saving rejects to file bootloader/common.c.rej
patching file bootloader/common.h
Hunk #1 succeeded at 46 with fuzz 1.


[lowlight]

Looks like you'll have to apply manually. 
I can't look at it atm, but from what I remember, I was copying the untar() function from gigabeat-s.c to common.c. The changes to main-pp.c almost apply, so hopefully you can see where the last block fits.

[jaylee]

In TargetStatus wiki page,  it's described some clicks/pops during playback on SA9200, but I didn't hear any on my player. It's been solved?

[LambdaCalculus]

Mine doesn't have any clicks or pops either. The wiki should be updated.

(EDIT) The wiki's been updated. Audio playback on the SA9x00 has been pop and click-free for some time now.

[jaylee]

a "cabbie" wps, uses the same artwork as the Strife89's version

[uNreal]

Hello, I have Philips SA9325 which looks very similar to 9200, but I have trouble getting the "16-mb-format" disk to appear. The player is recognized as a recovery device, but no flash disk is found.
Any ideas ?