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posted 2015-01-31 18:21:30 +0300

Community suggested kernel modules for the Jolla Tablet

During the community meeting at FOSDEM it came up that users will want to use USB devices. This post will serve as a Wiki to collect their names (both friendly name and kernel config option):

  • USB
    • USB serial:
    • CONFIG_USB_ACM
    • CONFIG_USB_SERIAL CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC and pretty much all below it, especially CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OPTION
  • KVM - KVM_INTEL
  • Kernel namespaces: PID, FS -- CONFIG_PID_NS, …

Community suggested kernel modules for the Jolla Tablet

During the community meeting at FOSDEM it came up that users will want to use USB devices. devices with their Jolla. This post will serve as a Wiki to collect their driver names (both friendly name and kernel config option):

  • USB
    • USB serial:
    • CONFIG_USB_ACM
    • serial: CONFIG_USB_ACM, CONFIG_USB_SERIAL CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC and pretty much all below it, especially CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OPTIONCONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OPTION (for USB mobile network modems)
    • Mass storage, aka USB-sticks and external drives CONFIG_USB_STORAGE
    • Webcam drivers - CONFIG_USB_VIDEO_CLASS, CONFIG_USB_VIDEO_CLASS_INPUT_EVDEV and dependencies
  • HID - CONFIG_USB_HID



  • additional non USB:
    • KVM - KVM_INTEL
    • Kernel namespaces: PID, FS -- CONFIG_PID_NS, …

Community suggested kernel modules for the Jolla Tablet

During the community meeting at FOSDEM it came up that users will want to use USB devices with their Jolla. This post will serve as a Wiki to collect driver names (both friendly name and kernel config option):

  • USB
    • USB serial: CONFIG_USB_ACM, CONFIG_USB_SERIAL CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_GENERIC and pretty much all below it, especially CONFIG_USB_SERIAL_OPTION (for USB mobile network modems)
    • Mass storage, aka USB-sticks and external drives CONFIG_USB_STORAGE
    • Webcam drivers - CONFIG_USB_VIDEO_CLASS, CONFIG_USB_VIDEO_CLASS_INPUT_EVDEV and dependencies
  • HID - CONFIG_USB_HID



  • additional non USB:
    • KVM - KVM_INTEL
    • Kernel namespaces: PID, FS -- CONFIG_PID_NS, …