linux-2.6 for DEBIAN ------------------------ Patches ------- 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 ------------ 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 ---------------------------------------- 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 --------- 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 ------------------------ 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 --------------------- * 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 ---------------- * 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