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model: Venue 8 Pro(model id: 2295)
subtype (notebook, netbook, motherboard, tablet):
tablet
architecture:
x86-64/amd64
does it have a free boot firmware (BIOS,UEFI,...) ?
no
can free operating systems be installed?
yes
does the device prevent installing wifi cards not-approved by the vendor?
no
year of commercialization:
not-specified
compatibility with free software:
D-bronze 
tested on:
GNU Guix System
tested with the following kernel libre:
5.11.15-gnu
5.17.15-gnu
video card model:
(works with 3D acceleration)
wifi model:
(it does not work)
webcam model:
(it does not work)
Description:
Hardware:
- 2GiB of RAM
- Atom 3740D
- 32GiB eMMC, microSD port (not bootable?)
- USB Host (USB 2.0?) + Charging on the same microUSB port. I'm unsure if we can do both at the same time through a special cable. I've also no idea if USB peripheral works (though modules like g_ethernet, etc)
- Unpopulated M2 port, it may be possible to solder a connector and add a WiFi card that works with free software in this way, but I've no idea if it exports PCIe lanes, and there are probably no ath9k_htc m2 cards
Software support:
- Sound doesn't work (It seems to require nonfree signed firmwares)
- WiFi doesn't work (driver: ath6kl, requires a nonfree firmware)
- The webcam(s) don't work
- 32bit UEFI (Tested with Guix system image guix system image -t efi32-raw)
- USB host works (Requires USB OTG cable)
- The Intel GPU seems to work fine
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