Re: [LI] linux compatible notebook pc

[Swapan Sarkar <swapan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Yes, strange days indeed.

USB support for mouse and keyboard is quite stable. You can compile it
in 2.2.XX kernel
by uncommenting an entry in Config.in Infact there was a query in the
linux-usb mailing
list about linux support on a PC which does not have any legacy Super
I/O support and
it seems its possible right now. I only hope that USB 2.0 is supported
as soon as specs
are finalised.

As regards devfs, it is not going into kernel 2.4.0 but Mandrake Linux
seems to have been
using it as its default installation (correct me if I am wrong). I would
highly recommend
it.

Regards
-swaps

Date: Thu, 21 Oct 1999 12:42:41 +0530
From: Bhyrava Prasad <prasadb@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [LI] linux compatible notebook pc

Atul Chitnis wrote:

> The issue is not IBM's policy - the documentation has been available
for
> quite a while,

> This is sort of like the problem with the Xircom RealPort card I use -

> that wasn't supported earlier, either, but is now.

As far as I remember , both IBM and xircom refused to provide
the info for a long time. Same case with Matrox and Diamond.
Linuxers boycotted such products and Matrox was forced to release
the info.

How things have changed! Yesterday , ATI said they would support
an open source driver officially. Some time ago , 3Com did the
same thing.

Wish full USB support comes quickly too. That would be great
for newer laptops.

Incidentally , how is devfs?

- - B. Prasad

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