some information about the eee-PC on current kernel

Filed under coding, general, linux

hi,

just wanted to give you a small update about how things are going with the current kernel (2.6.31.1 so far) on the 901 model from Asus.

Graphics:
The intel chipset ( Intel Corporation Mobile 945GME Express Integrated Graphics Controller ) works very well and even KMS works like expected. There were some minor issues that required to build a initial ramdisk in the past, but now that’s not necessary anymore. I don’t know if that’s because of a bugfix or just some lucky configuration of my kernel. ;)

Wireless:
WiFi works with the rt2860 module from /staging.

Bluetooth:
I managed to use my cell phone as a modem device. It wasn’t very difficult. I’ll write a small article soon how to get this done. wvdial and rfcomm do the dirty work anyway …

I also bought a very nice little IBM thinkpad some days ago which I am currently tweaking to fit my needs. Screenshots will follow. Here is one from my eeePC:

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