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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:
• SATA power-management:
• freeze-block-queue patch (for HDAPS):
• ACPI update patches:
• TP_SMAPI support:
• Software Suspend2:
• Linuxant Conexant HSF modem driver
• nsc-ircc ISA PNP patch

Kernel setup tasks

1. Make sure the following subsystems are modules (for suspend/resume)
   1. USB (especially EHCI_HCD and UHCI_HCD)
   2. HDAPS (may work compiled in, as well)
2. Make sure the following subsystems are enabled and not modules (safety net)
   1. ThinkPad SMAPI
3. Place the following modules on /etc/modules:
   1. hdaps
   2. nsc-ircc
   3. tg3
4. Configure IrDA module options

Userland

Debian Sarge software packages

Hint:

Refer to http://backports.org/instructions.html for instructions on how to setup apt for the backports.org repository

• udev (backported):
• hibernate (backported):

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

• hdapsd:
• pcmcia tools (verify if not already backported)
• hal (!)

Software that could benefit from re-packaging

• hsfmodem:

External Links

• Debian Sarge backports repository