According to Diego Bellavia, on Wed, 5 Jan 2005 12:45:47 +0100, >Hi, > >Last year, I set up a Sarge on my Ibook G3, with 2.4.21 ben kernel and >everything works perfectly. >Now I would like to configure the CPU frequency scaling to boost the >battery. Reading the Howtos >around this argument seems essential to have a 2.6 kernel. >For now is not clear what would be the best choice for me, yet: >1) To compile a benh kernel >2) To use a precompiled kernel-image. > >In first case what would be your advices ? On my machine (Ibook G3) >what would be the best 2.6 benh kernel series to use ? >and...would anyone so kind to send me his/her .config to speed the >compiling phase ? (I would like to use also the bluetooth through a >D-Link USB key) >In second case, an apt-cache search reported me a 2.6.8 kernel-image >for power3...it is the right version for my Ibook ? Anyone did use it >and could >advice me about eventually present pitfalls ? On ibook G3, you need to use kernel-image 2.6.8-powerpc. Of the shelf packages works perfectly well. You don't need benh kernel any longer. I use cpufreqd, I don't know if it is the best but it does the job quite well. I attached my gzipped config file. As for Bluetooth, I have no idea. Sorry. -- Cedric
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