[ltp] ultrabay hotswap

Reed Gregory linux-thinkpad@linux-thinkpad.org
Tue, 17 Feb 2004 08:19:00 -0500


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On Monday 16 February 2004 11:27 pm, Dan Sawyer wrote:
> Reed,
>
> Will thinkpad 5.0 work on kernel 2.4.23 and a 600x?? In other words
> can it be subsittuted for 4.8??

=46rom what I read, thinkpad 5.0 just adds kernel 2.6 support.  It still=20
have support for 2.4 kernels fine.  Moreover, I don't think is much=20
difference in 4.8 and 5.0 when it comes to the 2.4 kernel support.

Reed

>
> Reed Gregory wrote:
> >On Monday 16 February 2004 10:43 pm, Dan Sawyer wrote:
> >>Reed,
> >>
> >>What are thinkpad kernel modules?? I have a 600x, but do not have
> >>kernel modules.
> >
> >The thinkpad kernel modules, part of the tpctl package.  The newest
> >versions are tpctl 4.8 and thinkpad 5.0
> >
> >Reed
> >
> >>Bill Wohler wrote:
> >>>Reed Gregory <reed@progoth.com> writes:
> >>>>With the newest thinkpad kernel modules (5.0), the lastest tpctl
> >>>>(4.8) and the 2 scripts in the hdparm package mentioned earlier,
> >>>> I now have full ultrabay hotswap support.
> >>>
> >>>Very cool, I'm going to have to try this (having just purchased
> >>>another disc drive and an ultrabay adapter for it). Which kernel
> >>>are you running?

=2D-=20
Reed Gregory
reed@progoth.com

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