Archos tablet?

[thesniperofdeath]

http://gitorious.org/archos
As you can see they've released the source code of the kernel for their tablets. Are the graphics and touch drivers found as modules, that are loadable by the kernel? or does X have them already? Could it be possible to run their kernel with the Archlinux Arm's userspace?

[kmihelich]

You can build their kernel and use the armv7h filesystem (Archos 5, G8, G9). Start with something like the OMAP rootfs, add your kernel, and get it onto the device.

X drivers are separate, and they will need to be built hard-float to run here. These are more often than not closed source, and available as binary blobs only. Since Android is the target for these manufacturers, they're almost all of the time only available built soft-float, which means they will not run with this distribution. The kernel dumps generally contain working framebuffer drivers, which you can make use of with X for non-accelerated video.

[thesniperofdeath]

The g8 internet tablets worked fine with Debian and Ångström but the g9 X drivers are a bit harder to find..
in the Mer's git respitory
https://build.pub.meego.com/package/files?package=xorg-conf-archos-gen9&project=Project%3AKDE%3AMer_Extras%3AAdaptation%3AArchos-gen9
http://www.meegoexperts.com/2011/12/merplasma-active-archos-g9-tablet/