Spec is 1400x1050 screen, 1.7G processor, 1G ram, 1G ethernet, 60G HDD, drive-bay battery option.
| X at 1400x1050 (single head) | Works |
| Touchpad | Works |
| Ethernet | Works |
| Sound | Works |
| Modem | Works with slmodem |
| Wireless | Works really well with the right s/w loaded! |
| Special Function keys | Work pretty well with the right software |
| X dual head | Works with a suitable config file |
| IRdA | Works |
| APM | Works |
| Hot swap of DVD/Battery | Does not work |
| Dual battery monitor in APM | Works with patch |
| ACPI | Not happy |
| Loopback secure filesystem (not the IBM chip) | Works |
| Openswan | Works (with patch for freeS/Wan compatibility) |
| Ratoc CB31 Ultra-SCSI Cardbus | Works (with patch for autoload) |
| USB to RS232 adaptor | Works |
You no longer need the special CB31 driver - so don't bother to port it! The card works fine with the advensys SCSI driver. If you insert the card it is not seen/registered but does show up in lspci output. Just
modprobe advansysand there it is..
So you don't want the bother of the modprobe.. Ok then just apply this patch to the advansys.c driver, rebuild and re-install all and it will auto load. Note: you do not need to change any pcmcia config files at all. See my Cardbus howto if you want to know why.