Linux users of Sony Z1 series

[Brouard Nicolas <>]

Sorry, I went to lunch and sent the previous non-edited mail by mistake.
Here is a more decent and hopefully more comprehensive reply.

Le mar 20/07/2004 à 12:44, Svetoslav Slavtchev a écrit :
> i've replaced the DI80 patch with the one you sent me,
> as it's the same patch but a bit updated you shouldn't change the name
> if it was an incremetal/additional one, then a name change would be needed

If the changes of Dmitry Torokhov are small, in terms of source codes,
from Peter Österlund original patch, it is a huge difference for the
user because each time your event number attached to the pad is changing
(just by adding a USB mouse or a replicator or a resume/suspend) you
don't need to modify the N in the former Option "Device"
"/dev/input/eventN" of XF86Config-4 accordingly. This option doesn't
exist anymore. And you can replace the "event" protocol with the former
"auto-dev" protocol as for the true synaptics device:
  Option        "Protocol"              "auto-dev"

> > And apparently swsusp2 hasn't been updated to patch 100 (which was
> > supposed to correct S4 bug introduced in 97 and 98 patches).
> 
> i've got serious oopses with 100 so i reverted to 98
> which works here
> 
> sorry no time to debug right know, and the swsusp mailing list
> is for subscribers only :(

Well, patch 100 is still not satisfactorily, so we have to wait for a
new version or to debug or to reverse to 96.


> hey ,why did i added "--with uponly" and "--with upsource" :-)
> 
> the same compilation is achived by:
> rpm --rebuild kernel-sds-2.6.7-1.sds.23mdk-1-1mdk.nosrc.rpm --with uponly
> --with win4lin --with swsusp2 --without apic
> 
> if you need kernel-source (e.g. for nvidia or ati closed drivers)
> replace "--with uponly" with "--with upsource" and only
> the standard kernel + kernel source will be build

Your latest version 23, which includes swsusp2 patch 97 and 98, will not
work (power off is incomplete and you can"t resume).
The solution (still easier than what I did with version 18) is to delete
both patches 97 and 98 in directory 2.6.7-q1.sds23/swsusp2 (and both
symbolic links in patches), to get a new tar file and a new src and rpm.
No time to do it now. 

But let us suppose that someone built a new
kernel-sds-2.6.7-1.sds.23mdk(without_patch_swsups2_97_and_98)-1-1mdk.nosrc.rpm
then everyone could do your simplified command:
rpm --rebuild 
kernel-sds-2.6.7-1.sds.23mdk(without_patch_swsups2_97_and_98)-1-1mdk.nosrc.rpm
 --with
uponly --with win4lin --with swsusp2 --without apic
and get binary rpm with an important chance of success !

Thanks a lot Svetljo, I added your advices into a revised version of my
page at
http://sauvy.ined.fr/~brouard/sony/index.html#2.6.7cooker and made an 
volatile addendum.

Cheers, 
Nicolas