[ltp] lspnp & setpnp which distros?

[Tony Sequeira]

On Mon, 8 Dec 2003 10:31:23 +0100, Michael Hagemann wrote

> 
> On Sat, 06 Dec 2003 12:36:44 +0100 Thomas Hood wrote:
> 
> > On Thu, 2003-12-04 at 16:48, Michael Hagemann wrote:
> > > On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 09:33:24 -0600 wes schreiner wrote:
> > > > Bert Haskins wrote:
> > > > > Which distros have lspnp & setpnp?
> > > > > These don't seem to be available on RedHat, can they be added?
> > > > > Thanks, Bert
> > > >
> > > > lspnp/setpnp come with the pcmcia package.  But the real
question
> is 
> > > > which distros have PNP support patched in, as PNP support is not
> in 
> > > > mainline 2.4.x, though it is in 2.6.  I think RedHat has it, but
> not 
> > > > Debian, and I don't know about other distros.
> > > 
> > > Actually it is in 2.4 for a while now (2.4.18?).  The problem was,
> that
> > > the IBM pnp implementation isn't standard.  The -ac patches used
fix
> > > this (because Alan Cox owns a thinkpad, too), but I think at least
> the
> > > 2.4.23 kernel incorporates those by now...
> > > 
> > > Maybe it is by default disabled in the vendor kernels; it used to
> cause
> > > trouble on too many machines...
> > 
> > [...] Unfortunately, pnpbios was never integrated
> > into stock Linux 2.4.  I just checked the 2.4.23 source tree and
> > there are no pnpbios files in drivers/pnp, just isapnp driver files.
> 
> That's true.  I just rechecked, and my last 2.4 kernel is indeed an
-ac
> patched one.  Sorry for the misleading information.
> 
> 
> michael

How would this impact a TP600E upgraded to 2.4.23?  Just what are the
pnpbios features required?  I'm not at home so cannot check?  I cannot
remember why I needed the Alan Cox patched kernel.  Is it for pcmcia
features?  Do I need to return to 2.4.22-ac4?

Cheers.

-- 
Tony