Dev Team successfully ports Linux kernel to iPhone

The dev-team has announced that they have ported the Linux 2.6 kernel to apple Iphones, the hack currently supports the first and second generation devices as well as the first generation Ipod touch. This is a first try at the port and many of the drivers are still missing, there isn’t even touch screen support. As limited as this kernel is it’s a great step, perhaps in a couple of months we will have an iphone Linux OS successfully running on our devices, imagine the possibilities.

Currently the kernel supports:

- Framebuffer driver
- Serial driver
- Serial over USB driver
- Interrupts, MMU, clock, etc.

Currently they are using openiboot and they have:

- Read-only support for the NAND

What they don’t have and need your help to do:

- Write support for the NAND
- Wireless networking
- Touchscreen
- Sound
- Accelerometer
- Baseband support

Baseband support of course is only for the iphone’s.

You can view the progress on the video located here »

The installation instructions can be found here »

You can download the software here »