Hello,
I have started a project to create a kernel-patch containing various
laptop-specific things.
Especially it contains acpi, software suspend, supermount and some
hardware compatibility patches.
Our goal is to create a kernel that runs all hardware found in current
laptops.
If you have laptop-specific patches you think that should be in
laptopkernel, contact us or submit them through savannahs patch-tracker.
Full list of patches below, it can be downloaded at
http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/laptopkernel/
laptopkernel-2.4.21-rc4-laptop1 contains the following patches:
Patch: acpi-20030523 (http://www.sf.net/projects/acpi)
The ACPI in current kernels is very outdated. Most laptops won't have
any Powermanagement without the ACPI-Patch and some even won't boot.
Patch: swsusp 19-27 (http://www.sf.net/projects/swsusp)
Software Suspend makes hibernation possible in linux, which is a very
important feature for laptops.
Patch: agpgart from 2.4.21-rc2-ac3 (http://www.kernel.org)
Laptops with the Centrino chipset need this for working agpgart, which
is needed for hardware graphics acceleration (dri).
Patch: drm modules from 2.4.21-rc2-ac3 (http://www.kernel.org)
This update is needed for proper working dri in XFree 4.3.
Patch: radeonfb from Benjamin Herrenschmidt (rsync -avz
rsync.penguinppc.org::benh-devel/) Radeon 9000 won't work with radeonfb
found in the current kernel.
Patch: bcm440+bcm5700 driver (from Gentoo-Sources)
Needed for Broadcom Network cards found in many laptops.
Patch: vivicam usb mass storage support (from Lycoris-Kernel)
Needed for Vivicam 355 (working as USB mass storage).
Patch: supermount-1.2.6 (http://supermount-ng.sf.net)
Supermount is a useful feature for desktop-pcs.
Patch: Optimization for pentium3/4 (trivial)
Makes gcc3-optimizations for pentium3/4 possible.
(Note: pentium4-optimizations should only be used with gcc 3.2.3 and
above. If you have an older gcc, please use pentium3.)
On Tuesday 27 May 2003 21:13, Hanno B?ck wrote:
Moin Hanno,
> If you have laptop-specific patches you think that should be in
> laptopkernel, contact us or submit them through savannahs patch-tracker.
http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=105308502622064&w=2
ciao, Marc
On Tue, 27 May 2003 21:13:46 +0200
Hanno B <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have started a project to create a kernel-patch containing various
> laptop-specific things.
> Especially it contains acpi, software suspend, supermount and some
> hardware compatibility patches.
I expected to see also cpufreq patch. Is there a particular reason
it's not been added?
--
mattia
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 11:21:38PM +0200, Mattia Dongili wrote:
> > I have started a project to create a kernel-patch containing various
> > laptop-specific things.
> > Especially it contains acpi, software suspend, supermount and some
> > hardware compatibility patches.
>
> I expected to see also cpufreq patch. Is there a particular reason
> it's not been added?
The 2.4 branch of cpufreq is somewhat out of date.
Someone else may find time to backport all the recent changes
there (especially the powernow-k7 driver), but it won't be me.
Dave
Hanno B?ck wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have started a project to create a kernel-patch containing various
>laptop-specific things.
>Especially it contains acpi, software suspend, supermount and some
>hardware compatibility patches.
>
>Our goal is to create a kernel that runs all hardware found in current
>laptops.
>If you have laptop-specific patches you think that should be in
>laptopkernel, contact us or submit them through savannahs patch-tracker.
>
>Full list of patches below, it can be downloaded at
>http://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/laptopkernel/
>
>
Have you considered http://tpctl.sourceforge.net/tpctlhome.htm for
thinkpads? There is also an alternative driver called "thinkpad", but I
only know of it from the debian package, and they don't give the
project's homepage there.
--
Shachar Shemesh
Open Source integration consultant
Home page & resume - http://www.shemesh.biz/
On Tue, May 27, 2003 at 09:13:46PM +0200, Hanno B?ck wrote:
> Patch: vivicam usb mass storage support (from Lycoris-Kernel)
> Needed for Vivicam 355 (working as USB mass storage).
Have you submitted this patch to me already? If not, please do.
thanks,
greg k-h