laptopkernel-2.4.21-rc4-laptop1 released.
It is a patch on top of linux-2.4.21-rc4.
laptopkernel-2.4.21-rc4-laptop1 contains the following patches:
Patch: acpi-20030523 (
http://www.sf.net/projects/acpi)
The ACPI in current kernels is very outdated. Most laptops won't have any
Powermanagement without the ACPI-Patch and some even won't boot.
Patch: swsusp 19-27 (
http://www.sf.net/projects/swsusp)
Software Suspend makes hibernation possible in linux, which is a very
important feature for laptops.
Patch: agpgart from 2.4.21-rc2-ac3 (
http://www.kernel.org)
Laptops with the Centrino chipset need this for working agpgart, which
is needed for hardware graphics acceleration (dri).
Patch: drm modules from 2.4.21-rc2-ac3 (
http://www.kernel.org)
This update is needed for proper working dri in XFree 4.3.
Patch: radeonfb from Benjamin Herrenschmidt (rsync -avz rsync.penguinppc.org::benh-devel/)
Radeon 9000 won't work with radeonfb found in the current kernel.
Patch: bcm440+bcm5700 driver (from Gentoo-Sources)
Needed for Broadcom Network cards found in many laptops.
Patch: vivicam usb mass storage support (from Lycoris-Kernel)
Needed for Vivicam 355 (working as USB mass storage).
Patch: supermount-1.2.6 (
http://supermount-ng.sf.net)
Supermount is a useful feature for desktop-pcs.
Patch: Optimization for pentium3/4 (trivial)
Makes gcc3-optimizations for pentium3/4 possible.
(Note: pentium4-optimizations should only be used with gcc 3.2.3 and above.
If you have an older gcc, please use pentium3.)