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==== Patches employed ==== | ==== Patches employed ==== | ||
* Latest ipw2200 driver and ieee80211 layer: | * Latest ipw2200 driver and ieee80211 layer: | ||
| − | * SATA power-management | + | :copied files over the in-kernel files in {{path|include/net}}, {{path|drivers/net/wireless}}, {{path|Documentation/networking}}, {{path|net/ieee80211}}, thus replacing the old drivers with the new ones. |
| − | * freeze-block-queue patch (for HDAPS) | + | * [[Problems with SATA and Linux#Hang on resume from suspend to RAM|SATA power-management]] |
| − | * ACPI update patches | + | * [[HDAPS|freeze-block-queue patch (for HDAPS)]] |
| − | * | + | * ACPI update patches |
| − | * Software | + | * [[Tp smapi|TP SMAPI support]] |
| + | * [[Software Suspend 2]] | ||
* Linuxant Conexant HSF modem driver | * Linuxant Conexant HSF modem driver | ||
* [[How to make use of IrDA#ISA PnP patch|nsc-ircc ISA PNP patch]] | * [[How to make use of IrDA#ISA PnP patch|nsc-ircc ISA PNP patch]] | ||
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## nsc-ircc | ## nsc-ircc | ||
## tg3 | ## tg3 | ||
| − | ## | + | ## ipw2200 |
# [[How to make use of IrDA#Kernel configuration|Configure IrDA module options]] | # [[How to make use of IrDA#Kernel configuration|Configure IrDA module options]] | ||
| + | # ipw2200 firmware needs to go in {{path|/lib/firmware}} | ||
=== Userland === | === Userland === | ||
==== udev rules ==== | ==== udev rules ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | # udev extended network interface naming needs to be configured, order of tg3/ipw2200 won't be respected if {{path|/etc/modules.conf}} is read after udev did the PCI coldplugging | ||
==== Debian Sarge software packages ==== | ==== Debian Sarge software packages ==== | ||
| + | |||
| + | Some packages need versions far more up-to-date than those available in Sarge to properly support the new kernels. | ||
{{HINT|Refer to [http://backports.org/instructions.html http://backports.org/instructions.html] for instructions on how to setup apt for the backports.org repository}} | {{HINT|Refer to [http://backports.org/instructions.html http://backports.org/instructions.html] for instructions on how to setup apt for the backports.org repository}} | ||
| − | * udev ( | + | * udev (backports.org), due to Linux kernel 2.6.15+ |
| − | * hibernate ( | + | * hibernate (backports.org), due to [[Software Suspend 2]] 2.2+ |
==== Software that needs packaging/backporting ==== | ==== Software that needs packaging/backporting ==== | ||
| − | {{NOTE|If nobody beats me to it, I will package them for official upload to Debian, and official Debian Sarge backports. This requires that the software be properly licensed first, of course}} | + | {{NOTE|If nobody beats me to it, I will probably package them for official upload to Debian, and official Debian Sarge backports. This requires that the software be properly licensed first, of course}} |
| − | * hdapsd | + | * hdapsd (a bit crude, needs a lot of work still) |
* pcmcia tools (verify if not already backported) | * pcmcia tools (verify if not already backported) | ||
* hal (!) | * hal (!) | ||
| + | * ipw2200/ieee80211 need adopting, and since they clash terribly with in-kernel support, they will only work right if we either convert them to be patch-based, or to detect that the user built with in-kernel ieee80211/ipw2200 enabled and abort the out-of-tree compilation. | ||
==== Software that could benefit from re-packaging ==== | ==== Software that could benefit from re-packaging ==== | ||
| − | * hsfmodem: | + | * hsfmodem: should be easy to build out-of-tree in another machine other than the one it will be installed at |
== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
* [http://backports.org/ Debian Sarge backports repository] | * [http://backports.org/ Debian Sarge backports repository] | ||
Revision as of 18:19, 21 February 2006
Contents
ThinkPad T43 2687-DDU setup for Debian Sarge
This is an ongoing, spotty guide for an advanced Debian setup of a T43, focused on using absolutely all of its capabilities that can be used. It is not an installation guide, but rather a configuration guide. Refer to Debian for a list of pages with initial installation instructions.
When it is really usable, I will move it to some other far more public place in ThinkWiki.
Kernel
Baseline kernel: Debian's latest 2.6.15 (2.6.15.4 with stabilization patches)
NOTE!
Thinkpad support is an ongoing, bleeding edge effort. One ends up needing to apply a ton of patches and to use the latest available kernel, sometimes even kernels not yet released
Patches employed
- Latest ipw2200 driver and ieee80211 layer:
- copied files over the in-kernel files in include/net, drivers/net/wireless, Documentation/networking, net/ieee80211, thus replacing the old drivers with the new ones.
- SATA power-management
- freeze-block-queue patch (for HDAPS)
- ACPI update patches
- TP SMAPI support
- Software Suspend 2
- Linuxant Conexant HSF modem driver
- nsc-ircc ISA PNP patch
Kernel setup tasks
- Make sure the following subsystems are modules (for suspend/resume)
- USB (especially EHCI_HCD and UHCI_HCD)
- HDAPS (may work compiled in, as well)
- Make sure the following subsystems are enabled and not modules (safety net)
- ThinkPad SMAPI
- Place the following modules on /etc/modules:
- hdaps
- nsc-ircc
- tg3
- ipw2200
- Configure IrDA module options
- ipw2200 firmware needs to go in /lib/firmware
Userland
udev rules
- udev extended network interface naming needs to be configured, order of tg3/ipw2200 won't be respected if /etc/modules.conf is read after udev did the PCI coldplugging
Debian Sarge software packages
Some packages need versions far more up-to-date than those available in Sarge to properly support the new kernels.
Hint:
Refer to http://backports.org/instructions.html for instructions on how to setup apt for the backports.org repository
- udev (backports.org), due to Linux kernel 2.6.15+
- hibernate (backports.org), due to Software Suspend 2 2.2+
Software that needs packaging/backporting
NOTE!
If nobody beats me to it, I will probably package them for official upload to Debian, and official Debian Sarge backports. This requires that the software be properly licensed first, of course
- hdapsd (a bit crude, needs a lot of work still)
- pcmcia tools (verify if not already backported)
- hal (!)
- ipw2200/ieee80211 need adopting, and since they clash terribly with in-kernel support, they will only work right if we either convert them to be patch-based, or to detect that the user built with in-kernel ieee80211/ipw2200 enabled and abort the out-of-tree compilation.
Software that could benefit from re-packaging
- hsfmodem: should be easy to build out-of-tree in another machine other than the one it will be installed at
