2005-07-16 07:26:40 +00:00
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linux-2.6 for DEBIAN
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2005-05-27 04:52:42 +00:00
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Patches
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Debian applies various changes to the kernel source. These are split up
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into small patches addressing individual problems. Each of the patch files
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contains a description and mentions the author. The patches can be found
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at http://svn.debian.org/wsvn/kernel/tags/kernel/source/.
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Rebuilding Adaptec AIC7xxx/79xx firmware
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You can rebuild the firmware for the Adaptec AIC7xxx/79xx SCSI Adapters. To
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do so you need to set AIC7XXX_BUILD_FIRMWARE/AIC79XX_BUILD_FIRMWARE config
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options. Note that this requires to have the development packages for
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berkelydb (libdb4.2-dev) installed.
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PS/2 Mice
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If your PS/2 mouse does not work, make sure that the modules psmouse and
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mousedev are loaded.
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AMD 768 erratum 10
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If you have a motherboard with the AMD 768 chipset, and you are experiencing
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IDE errors or lock ups, then you should either connect a PS/2 mouse to the
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system or disable APIC. Refer to the following link for details:
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http://lists.insecure.org/lists/linux-kernel/2002/Sep/5966.html
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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.
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You must specify the exact memory map. For example, Compaq Proliant users
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can specify mem=48M@16M if they have 64M of memory.
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80386 compatibility
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DRM modules will not work on true 80386 processors. These drivers all assume
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that cmpxchg is available.
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IDE bswap option
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The bswap option is obsolete and may disappear in future. For the moment
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it does work provided that you disable dma with the nodma option.
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Additional Drivers
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* SCSI Media Changer
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http://bytesex.org/patches/
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* Amiga Smart Filesystem driver
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http://march.home.staszic.waw.pl/asfs/
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Non-free bits removed
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* Keyspan firmware, driver disabled
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. drivers/usb/serial/ksyspan_{mpr,usa*}_fw.h
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* Emagic EMI 2|6 usb audio interface firmware loader
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. drivers/usb/misc/emi62_fw_*.h
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Firmware removed
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* SMC Token Ring firmware, driver disabled:
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. drivers/net/tokenring/smctr_firmware.h
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* ACENIC firwmare, driver disabled:
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. drivers/net/acenic_firmware.h
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* DGRS firmware, driver disabled:
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. drivers/net/dgrs_firmware.c
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* DAB firmware, driver disabled:
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. drivers/usb/media/dabfirmware.h
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* QLA2XXX firmware, driver disabled:
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. drivers/scsi/qla2xxx/*_fw.c
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