Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 12 Jun 2003 22:39:40 +0200 | From | Hanno Böck <> | Subject | 2.4.21-rc8-laptop1 released |
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The second release of laptopkernel is out. Get it at https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/laptopkernel/
2.4.21-rc8-laptop1
Updated patches: swsusp, supermount, agpgart, drm, broadcom New patches: acpi4asus, laptop_mode, sis-fb
Patch: acpi-20030523 (www.sf.net/projects/acpi) The ACPI in current kernels is very outdated.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-1.0_pre7 (www.sf.net/projects/swsusp) Software Suspend makes hibernation possible in linux, which is a very important feature for laptops.
Patch: supermount-1.2.7 (http://supermount-ng.sf.net) Supermount is a useful feature for desktop-pcs.
Patch: agpgart from 2.4.21-rc7-ac1 (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-rc7-ac1 (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: bcm4400-2.0.2 + bcm5700-6.0.2 driver (from broadcom-ftp) 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: acpi4asus-0.23 (www.sf.net/projects/acpi4asus) Adds support for special acpi-events on asus-laptops.
Patch: laptop_mode (www.sf.net/projects/swsusp) Adds laptop_mode, which can save battery power.
Patch: SiS framebuffer update (www.winischhofer.net) Needed for some SiS-Cards.
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.) [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature] | |