[tlinux-users:08046] Re: "omnibook" kernel module

On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 23:03 +0200, Mathieu Bérard wrote:
> Hello,
> I have made substantial modifications to the 'omnibook' kernel module,
> which has support for many Toshiba Satellite laptops (mainly those
> with a phoenix BIOS and/or manufactured by Compal).

Is there any list anywhere of which Toshiba laptops have the Phoenix
BIOS and which have (I assume) Toshiba BIOS?

Or more specifically which Toshiba laptops are supported by the Toshiba
ACPI module included in the kernel, and which are supported by the
Omnibook module?

I ask in specific because I would like to determine what level of Linux
compatibility BEFORE I purchase my next laptop.

An alternate question is, if I've downloaded the BIOS for a Toshiba
laptop, copied the files from the update CDROM, by which I assume I now
have an on disk copy of the BIOS, look at the file and determine which
BIOS it is?

Thanks

Jason