diff --git a/base b/base
index 0019d032c..feac06d12 160000
--- a/base
+++ b/base
@@ -1 +1 @@
-Subproject commit 0019d032c8993b47ab25b4f66a028149da824794
+Subproject commit feac06d12bcf49dca180e650e1c811a50950ee9a
diff --git a/frontend/device/kobo/device.lua b/frontend/device/kobo/device.lua
index 9c9b63ab4..1bbd0b57f 100644
--- a/frontend/device/kobo/device.lua
+++ b/frontend/device/kobo/device.lua
@@ -34,6 +34,9 @@ local Kobo = Generic:new{
     -- most Kobos have also mirrored X coordinates
     touch_mirrored_x = true,
     -- enforce portrait mode on Kobos
+    --- @note: In practice, the check that is used for in ffi/framebuffer is no longer relevant,
+    ---        since, in almost every case, we enforce a hardware Portrait rotation via fbdepth on startup by default ;).
+    ---        We still want to keep it in case an unfortunate soul on an older device disables the bitdepth switch...
     isAlwaysPortrait = yes,
     -- we don't need an extra refreshFull on resume, thank you very much.
     needsScreenRefreshAfterResume = no,