New kernel packages - please test!

[Thom May]

* Matt Zimmerman (mdz at canonical.com) wrote :
> You can find a set of 2.6.8.1 kernel packages here:
> 
> deb http://www.no-name-yet.com/~mdz/kernel/ /
> 
> (e.g., apt-get install linux-image-2.6.8.1-686)
> 
> They include yummy driver goodness (ipw2100, ipw2200, prism2-usb, etc.), as
> well as fix the security vulnerabilities in 2.6.7.
> 
> Please test them out and report your experiences here.
ACPI has regressed somewhat compared to the 2.6.7+ACPI patches I was running
previously. This can be fixed up by applying:
http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/lenb/acpi/patches/release/26-stable-release/

ipw2100 works fine.
Nice to have would be: 
http://bkernel.sourceforge.net/tmp/ibm-acpi-0.3.tar.gz (enables thinkpad
buttons etc)

Cheers,
-Thom