A new project is developing a Linux port for Archos portable
multimedia harddisk player/recorders. The LinAV project began in
April, and has focused initially on the AV3xx-series devices, so
far releasing a working kernel and a build environment for
graphical applications based on the nano-X API.
Archos products have been popular targets for hardware and
firmware hackers. The RockBox project, released under the GNU
General Public License, has produced a non-Linux firmware
replacement for the Archos Jukebox 5000, 6000, Studio, Recorder, FM
Recorder and Recorder V2 MP3 players, while the avOS Project has
done some low-level work mapping the hardware and producing test
binaries for the AV3xx and other Archos devices. The LinAV project
appears to be the first to actually achieve a Linux port to an
Archos product.