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Linux kernel 2.4.31

Usage

• Grsecurity:

  See also grsecurity extension.

• LZS compression

  To use the isdn_lzscomp module it have to be loaded by the user (e.g. put it in /etc/modules). The module parameter comp sets the compression ratio (took from the module source):

  	    /*
  	     * Values for comp:
  	     * 0 - do no compression at all, send uncompressed
  	     * 1 - do absolute minimal compression (somewhat fast)
  	     * ...
  	     * 8 - do optimal compression (heavy but still useable)
  	     * 9 - do ultimate compression (chews up nonsense amounts of CPU time)
  	     */
  	

  On establishing a connection ipppd croaks that it has found the module. To make ipppd using it, you have to comment the line nolzs in /etc/isdn/ipppd.ipppX and add a line like:

  	    lzs 1:4
  	

• CryptoAPI's Cryptoloop Module

  To use the cryptoloop you need a recent (>=2.12) version of mount. Mount comes along the util-linux source package. A recent version could be grabbed from http://www.backports.org/.

  If you like the idea of an encrypted swap partition/file, tryout the cryptoswap package.

Kernel Configurations

There are these base configs for the i486:

• ide
• scsi

They are patched with these processor specific configs:

• athlon
• athlon-smp
• athlon64
• i486
• k5
• k6-1+2+3
• pentium
• pentium-ii
• pentium-ii-smp
• pentium-iii
• pentium-iii-smp
• pentium-iv
• pentium-mmx
• pentium-mmx-smp

For each of them it is build the kernel-header and kernel-image packages. The package names are build as: kernel-image-2.4.31-fiasko-(ide|scsi)-(athlon|i486|...).

The patched kernel source is found in the kernel-source-2.4.31-fiasko, the kernel documentation in the kernel-doc-2.4.31-fiasko package.

Additional these kernel modules packages are build (some of them found in the non-free section):

• acerhk-modules - modules for special keys on ACER Travelmate and other laptops
• acx100 - Beta driver for the TI acx100 chipset found on various 802.11b+ cards (e.g. D-Link DWL-650+, USR, Pheenet)
• at76c503a - Driver for Atmel AT76C503A based USB WLAN adapters
• alsa - Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (drivers)
• cdemu - CDemu driver module
• dlkfet - D-Link DFE-530TX PCI Fast Ethernet NIC module
• dvb-driver - drivers for Fujitsu Siemens DVB cards
• fritz-classic - AVM Fritz!CARD Classic module
• fritz-pci - AVM Fritz!CARD PCI module
• fritz-pnp - AVM Fritz!CARD PnP module
• fritz-xusb - AVM Fritz!X USB modules
• linux-wlan-ng - modules for wireless prism2 cards (CS,PCI,USB)
• lirc - Linux Infra-red Remote Control modules
• lm-sensors - modules to read temperature/voltage/fan sensors
• nvidia - NVidia video card module
• subfs-2.4 - submountd-2.4 module
• vloopback - V4L module providing video pipes
• wavelan2 - Agere Systems ORiNOCO PC Card module

The package names are build as: <modules-name>-modules-2.4.31-fiasko-(ide|scsi)-(athlon|i486|...).

09-02-05, Thomas Liske n/a