On 3/5/07, Michael Wiktowy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 3/5/07, Larry Battraw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I understand
> that better support may be forthcoming, but that would be part of a
> new kernel or a back-port of the fixes.
The Nokia folks seem to be strangely silent on the whole USB host
thing. Maybe they are not wanting to implicate themselves in a power
injection hack that could damage your tablet. That would explain why
they took out the vital bits from the kernel.
I didn't see USB host support on the roadmap so I don't hold out much
hope for the fixing of what I would consider a major regression of the
N800 functionality vs. the 770. Nokia has surprised us with bigger
easter eggs though.
I would appreciate some clarification from Nokia whether this
functionality will return or if it was removed intentionally.
/Mike
There was never a removal of the functionality since this is a new
chipset and support for it was not available for it (AFAIK) in the
kernel until recently. I tried it out and it's pretty rough in (the
current kernel version) 2.6.18; it would crash very quickly after
booting up and I couldn't get it to actually do anything as far as
host-mode is concerned. So no conspiracy, just no working code :-) I
expect as support firms up we'll see it made available on the n800,
particularly if people are interested enough to help out. A
roadmap/wishlist for changes to the platform is being created so this
would definitely be a candidate for the list.
Larry
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