MeeGo hardware adaptation for N8x0 "skunkworks project"
Carsten Munk is pushing for a hardware adaptation layer to get MeeGo running on the N8x0 devices: I had MeeGo base system running on my N810 with 2.6.33 kernel (+ Termanas, luke-jr's patches) some weeks ago. If we ask nicely, I think it should be possible to get repackaging done through my distmaster position so we can get the different firmwares, BME, etc provided through similar means (RPM repository) as tablets-dev.nokia.com does with the MeeGo on N900 things. So, we have a good start.
Overclocking the N900's OMAP3430
Despite warnings from the like's of Nokia's engineer extraordinaire, Igor Stoppa, at the 2009 Maemo Summit; some brave (or foolhardy) folk have seemingly succeeded in overclocking their N900's OMAP3430 SoC to 800MHz and more. The long (and winding) Talk thread is summarised in a single screenshot by the Maemo Central blog: The N900, labeled as a hacker's phone, comes with a Cortex A8 clocked at 600 MHz. So how long was it going to be before users pushed the limits? We now have N900's running at an impressive 1GHz or 900 MHz or 800 MHz, you can basically pick the speed you want. The steps involve recompiling your kernel and may very well destroy your device. The thermal characteristics of an N900 are different to other devices, and each processor batch will perform differently. Those in later devices may well be rated for higher performance, or have better systems to support the overclocking. In other words, we do not recommend your experimentation unless you have a superfluity of N900s.