Lucie / minute@mntmn@mastodon.social

PSA about tonight's rollout of major new MNT Pocket Reform firmware + kernel driver combo community.mnt.re/t/important-n

community.mnt.re/t/important-note-about-the-new-mnt-pocket-reform-kernel-and-firmware-updates-20260806/4534
MNT Research CommunityImportant note about the new MNT Pocket Reform kernel and firmware updates 20260806Update Instructions Edit 2026-08-07: I initially forgot the instruction to update reform-tools as well, see below. reform-tools 1.88 or newer is required for the new System Controller driver to be included in initramfs! After a few months of work, I’m finally rolling out the first new releases of Pocket Reform System Controller and Keyboard firmware updates that require a matching kernel update and vice versa. I’ll explain more about the background over the following days/weeks, but here are th...
Lucie / minute@mntmn@mastodon.social

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PSA update: i missed to include the following update command in my original instructions:

`sudo apt install reform-tools`

You need reform-tools 1.88 or newer for the new mnt-sc driver to be included in initramfs. Otherwise, the display only turns on very late in the boot process, and isn't able to reset properly nor control the brightness on display v2.

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