N950 USB host progress
Via: @GeneralAntilles
Editor: Ryan Abel
After some extended hacking banging around with i2c buses, Joerg Reisenweber has managed to get stable VBUS 5V (i.e., provide power to connected client devices) working on the N950. I succeeded in a first step towards USB host mode: finding out about charger chip and operating it in boost mode -> stable 5V supply to USB receptacle. It's well understood that there are still massive obstacles regarding loading of kernel modules and also regarding aegis introduced restrictions at large. Still, this is an important step in getting USB host-mode working on the N950.
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