[ltp] Thinkpad module in 2.6.15?

Václav Štěpán linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Sun, 19 Feb 2006 11:01:16 +0100


Norman Walsh napsal(a):
> Is the functionality of the thinkpad module now a standard part
> of the 2.6.15 kernel?
>
> I ask because I {bravely|foolishly} upgraded to Ubuntu dapper
> yesterday which ships with 2.6.15. The module is missing (or so say
> the error messages at boot time) but some of the functionality that I
> associated with it seems to still be working.
>
> Maybe I'm just confused.
>   
If you use ACPI, then many things are available through that interface - 
it depends
on the ThinkPad model you are using.
I tried to compile the module against 2.6.15 sources and had no luck - 
as well as with
the sl-modem sources.

Vaclav Stepan