Current port status on J720?

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Hi all,

First post here :-) but I've been reading the archives a fair amount.
I think we need a sort-of-centralised resource to summarise what works and  
what does not on the Jornada 720. It is my impression that this is the  
device most of us here are using.
Note that I haven't installed NetBSD on it yet, but I'll list what seem to  
work, as well as missing information:

1. booting the base system works OK
2. battery status is inaccurate (too high), unless a certain patch is  
applied (http://nedbsd.nl/~ppostma/hpcarm-apm.diff)
3. is the battery life similar to that achieved under HPC2000, or more  
along the lines of what Linux (Debian or Familiar) gets (IME 20% shorter)?
4. when suspending, I assume we are "only" slowing the CPU down to 59 Mhz  
like Linux does, since that seems to be imposed by HPC's presence on the  
device?
5. Xhpc works as an X11R6 server. Maybe the X config file could be shared,  
to help users save time.
6. touchscreen: I could not see confirmation in the archives, but I assume  
this works fine in X?
7. how much space is required for the base system + X11 (without any  
apps)? I've read 512MB could get tight with more than a couple of apps,  
and 256MB would be pushing it.
8. is the support for PCMCIA roughly the same as for other NetBSD ports,  
i.e. is the J720 PCMCIA reader functional under NetBSD?

Anything I've missed out or forgotten, especially things that do not work  
at the moment?

Thanks,

Michael
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