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linux-2.6 for DEBIAN
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Patches
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Debian applies small changes to the kernel source. These are split up into
separated patches addressing individual problems. Each of the patch files
contains a description and mentions the author. The patches can be found
at http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/dists/trunk/linux-2.6/debian/patches/.
Config Files
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The .config files used to build the various linux-image files are dynamically
generated during the linux-2.6 package build. See the source package for
details. Each linux-image-* package provides the complete .config file that
was used to generate it. This file is installed in /boot.
Rebuilding Adaptec AIC7xxx/79xx firmware
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You can rebuild the firmware for the Adaptec AIC7xxx/79xx SCSI Adapters. To
do so you need to set AIC7XXX_BUILD_FIRMWARE/AIC79XX_BUILD_FIRMWARE config
options. Note that this requires to have the development packages for
berkelydb (libdb4.2-dev) installed.
PS/2 Mice
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If your PS/2 mouse does not work, make sure that the modules psmouse and
mousedev are loaded.
mem= on 2.4.19 and later
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mem=xxxM can no longer be used to enlarge the RAM that the kernel uses.
You must specify the exact memory map. For example, Compaq Proliant users
can specify mem=48M@16M if they have 64M of memory.
Non-free bits removed
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* Keyspan firmware, driver disabled
. drivers/usb/serial/ksyspan_{mpr,usa*}_fw.h
* Emagic EMI 2|6 usb audio interface firmware loader
. drivers/usb/misc/emi62_fw_*.h
Firmware removed
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* SMC Token Ring firmware, driver disabled:
. drivers/net/tokenring/smctr_firmware.h
* ACENIC firwmare, driver disabled:
. drivers/net/acenic_firmware.h
* DGRS firmware, driver disabled:
. drivers/net/dgrs_firmware.c
* DAB firmware, driver disabled:
. drivers/usb/media/dabfirmware.h