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2.6.15-3pt1

pete — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 14:08:26 +0000

Here’s the newest Volker kernel with ibm_acpi modularlized and IPv6 turned on. These also include the newest IPW drivers.
kernel-T4x-2.6.15-3pt1.i686.rpm

kernel-T4x-ipw2100-2.6.15-3pt1.i686.rpm

kernel-T4x-ipw2200-2.6.15-3pt1.i686.rpm

…and the source RPM:

kernel-T4x-2.6.15-3pt1.src.rpm

2.6.14.5

pete — Mon, 02 Jan 2006 17:35:12 +0000

Here’s the new version.

kernel-T4x-2.6.14.5-7pt1.i686.rpm
kernel-T4x-ipw2100-2.6.14.5-7pt1.i686.rpm
kernel-T4x-ipw2200-2.6.14.5-7pt1.i686.rpm

…and the SRPM:

kernel-T4x-2.6.14.5-7pt1.src.rpm

New Version

pete — Sat, 24 Dec 2005 19:55:21 +0000

Volker Braun has put out a new version of his FC4 kernel. Here’s my version, which is just his, but with IBM ACPI modularized and IPv6 enabled (and modularized).

Binary RPMs…

kernel-T4x-2.6.14.4-5pt1.i686.rpm

kernel-T4x-ipw2100-2.6.14.4-5pt1.i686.rpm

kernel-T4x-ipw2200-2.6.14.4-5pt1.i686.rpm

…and source RPM

kernel-T4x-2.6.14.4-5pt1.src.rpm

Linux Laptop Magic

pete — Sat, 10 Dec 2005 00:03:05 +0000

Volker Braun has been working on a series of Linux kernels for T4x Thinkpads. They enable ACPI, software suspend to disk, and the IPW2100/2200 wireless devices and — bonus! — they work. (At least, they work on a T40 Thinkpad with FC4 and the IPW fireware installed. YMMV) I’ve been very happy with them, but have to recompile to make a minor configuration tweak. I like to have the ibm_acpi module compiled as a module so that I can enable the experimental options. (In Volker’s version, it’s compiled into the kernel.)

Today, I discovered another tweak I needed to make. I was suffering /sitting through my Nth IPv6 conference, when I decided to see if I could set up IPv6 connectivity over the wireless offered in the conference room. I had done it a while ago, got the dancing turtle, then decided I wanted to connect to other sites and went back to IPv4. When I tried to insert the IPv6 module into the kernel, I found that Volker doesn’t configure in IPv6.

Since this was a little more complex than just changing a configuration option that’s already there, I now present Voker’s kernel with IPv6 and ibm_acpi compiled as a module. Here are the pre-compiled i686 binaries…

kernel-T4x-2.6.14.3-4pt3.i686.rpm

kernel-T4x-ipw2100-2.6.14.3-4pt3.i686.rpm

kernel-T4x-ipw2200-2.6.14.3-4pt3.i686.rpm

…and here’s the SRPM for your own RPM-compiling fun.

kernel-T4x-2.6.14.3-4pt3.src.rpm

Thanks to Volker for putting this all together.