[ltp] lspnp & setpnp which distros?

Thomas Hood linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Mon, 08 Dec 2003 15:26:49 +0100


On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 14:36, Tony Sequeira wrote:
> 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?

Linux 2.4.23 does not have the pnpbios driver and so lspnp and setpnp
will not work with it.

For lspnp and setpnp to work you need the pnpbios driver and this
is included only in -ac kernels.  The latest -ac kernel is 2.4.22-ac4 .
I don't know whether or not this kernel includes the fix for the brk()
vulnerability.

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Thomas Hood <jdthood2@yahoo.co.uk>