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Old 01-28-2013, 01:11 PM   #38
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Originally Posted by giorgio130 View Post
- The Kobos use kernel code that manages the eink panel that is almost identical to the one used by amazon until firmware 5.0.x. Since 5.1.x amazon modified a struct in the ioctl that is used to update the panel, and compatibility is lost. We need either to intercept those calls and translate them to the amazon equivalent, or create a custom kernel that won't be compatible with kobo software.
Pre-5.1.0 E Ink framebuffer support was deliberately dropped from KPV. However, it's not hard to add it, you should just provide the way for KPV to detect Kobo's framebuffer (relevant code).

EDIT: OK, I see you already did it. Nice.

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