Subject: Re: porting to a tablet pc
To: Michael Graff <explorer@flame.org>
From: Marshall Rose <mrose@dbc.mtview.ca.us>
List: port-i386
Date: 12/06/2002 14:28:12
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> I use a Frontpath Progear (their older model) which runs X fairly well
> with a minimum setup effort.
> 
> The driver itself handles the rotation, but I don't have on-the-fly
> rotation.  It requires a restart.
> 
> One thing to check out is that you can enter the BIOS or at least have
> a USB keyboard plugged in so you can select which kernel to boot (or
> boot into single user) if needed, without doing what I have to do --
> pull the hard drive, drop into another box, fix kernel, put it back.
> It's a serious PITA.
> 
> Lastly, the tablet I have seems to be even less well defined than many
> laptops in terms of how the interrupt routing and such really work.
> It required some pretty serious tinkering to find a combination where
> both the USB and the built-in wireless card could all work at the same
> time.

thanks - when i move forward with this, i'd like to check back with you to see
what kind of kernel mods i might have to work on...

/mtr