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Kernel

The kernel 2.6 provided by the grml system is based on the latest stable(!) vanilla kernel (taken from kernel.org) we consider as 'useful and working'. The grml-kernel includes several patches and modules. If you experience any problems please don't hesitate to contact us!

grml 0.5

Release 0.5 provides kernel 2.6.13:

grml@grml ~ % uname -a
Linux grml 2.6.13-grml #1 Sat Oct 22 11:05:29 CEST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

The kernel configuration of 2.6.13-grml is available online. If you want to patch a vanilla kernel without applying all the single patches take a look at the all-in-one kernel patch (1.0MB). Also take a look at the list of applied patches.

grml-small 0.1

grml-small is a very small flavor of the grml-system. It includes a kernel based on 2.6.12 with additional patches but less features than the full grml system:

grml@grml ~ % uname -a
Linux grml 2.6.12-grml #1 SMP Mon Jun 20 12:58:06 CEST 2005 i686 GNU/Linux

The kernel configuration of 2.6.12-grml is available online.

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Kernel Patches

Kernel Patches: Fixes

Greg Kroah-Hartman

Fixes/Updates for 2.6.13: 2.6.13.4

Microsoft PPP compression/encryption (MPPC/MPPE)

Support for the Microsoft Point-To-Point Compression (RFC2118) and Microsoft Point-To-Point Encryption (RFC3078). These protocols are supported by Microsoft Windows and wide range of "hardware" access servers. MPPE is common protocol in Virtual Private Networks. According to RFC3078, MPPE supports 40, 56 and 128-bit key lengths.

Reiser4

Reiser4 is a computer file system, a new "from scratch" version of the ReiserFS file system, developed by Namesys. See Reiser4 at Wikipedia for some more details.

Speakup

Speakup is a screen reader/speech access system for the GNU/Linux Operating System, used by people who are blind.

Squashfs

Squashfs is a compressed read-only filesystem for Linux. Squashfs is intended for general read-only filesystem use, for archival use (i.e. in cases where a .tar.gz file may be used), and in constrained block device/memory systems (e.g. embedded systems) where low overhead is needed.
Via using the module loop it is possible to mount a filesystem file. squashfs is a "loop" with (de)compression (Compressed Loopback Device) and it is possible to mount a compressed filesystem like a block device and seamlessly decompress its data while accessing it.
Whereas Knoppix uses the cloop mechanism, grml is based on the newer mechanism squashfs. The filesystem has been compressed into the file "/GRML/GRML" and is mounted by the initial init process using squashfs.

vesafb-tng

vesafb-tng is a new and more functional version of the vesafb Linux driver. For more details take a look at the project webpage:

Modules

Additionally to the patched kernel you'll find some extra modules on your grml-system.

Package grml-kerneladdons

This package contains release specific kernel modules where no extra debian package exists yet. The following drivers are included:

acx100

Drivers for Texas Instruments' ACX100/ACX111 wireless network chips. This includes DWL-[G]520+ PCI, DWL-[G]650+ CardBus, GL-2422MP mini-PCI, DWL-120+ USB, etc.

at76c503a

Alternative driver for the Atmel AT76C503A based USB WLAN adapters. Currently, the driver has no promiscous, monitor or station mode and no support for libpcap, i.e. it does not work with Kismet or Airsnort and it cannot act as an WLAN access point. This is a restriction imposed by the current firmware.

bcm4400

Linux driver for the Broadcom BCM4400 series Ethernet Network Controllers. Please notice that there exists another kernel module for the Broadcom BCM4400 controller namend 'b44' as well.

bcm5700

Linux driver for the Broadcom BCM5700 series Ethernet Network Controllers.

drbd0.7

RAID 1 over TCP/IP for Linux. Drbd is a block device which is designed to build high availability clusters by providing a virtual shared device which keeps disks in nodes synchronised using TCP/IP. This simulates RAID 1 but avoiding the use of uncommon hardware (shared SCSI buses or Fibre Channel). It is currently limited to fail-over HA clusters.

eagle-usb

Aims to provide GPL driver for xDSL modems equipped with the Eagle chipset (from Analog Devices) as for example Sagem F@st 800/840/908.

fuse

Filesystem in USErspace. Simple interface for userspace programs to export a virtual filesystem to the linux kernel.

hostap

Host AP is a Linux driver for wireless LAN cards based on Intersil's Prism2/2.5/3 chipset. The driver supports a so called Host AP mode, i.e., it takes care of IEEE 802.11 management functions in the host computer and acts as an access point. This does not require any special firmware for the wireless LAN card. In addition to this, it has support for normal station operations in BSS and possible also in IBSS. WPA and RSN (WPA2) is supported when used with accompanied tools, wpa_supplicant (WPA/RSN Supplicant) and hostapd (WPA/RSN Authenticator).

ieee80211

The 802.11 (wireless) network stack module for the Linux kernel. Though it has been incorporated in latest kernel versions, the bundled one might not be up-to-date to build third-party wireless modules such as ipw2100 or ipw2200 which are common on Centrino notebooks.

ipw2100

Enable support for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2100 Network Connection mini PCI adapter.

ipw2200

The ipw2200 project was created by Intel to enable support for the Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG and 2915ABG Network Connection miniPCI adapters.

ivtv0.4

The primary goal of the IvyTV Project is to create a kernel driver for the iTVC15 familiy of MPEG codecs. The iTVC15 family includes the iTVC15 (CX24315) and iTVC16 (CX24316). These chips are commonly found on Hauppauge's WinTV PVR-250 and PVR-350 TV capture cards. (Take a look at 'Hauppauge PVR250' in the grml-wiki.)

linux-wlan-ng

linux-wlan-ng is a set of drivers and utilities that is intended to provide the full range of IEEE 802.11 MAC management capabilities for use in user-mode utilities and scripts. The package currently supports the Intersil 802.11b Prism2, Prism2.5, and Prism3 reference designs for PCMCIA, PCI, and USB. Additionally, the package includes support for the PLX9052 based PCI to PCMCIA adapter with a few different PCMCIA cards.

lufs

Linux Userland Filesystem - kernel module source LUFS is a hybrid userspace filesystem framework supporting an indefinite number of filesystems (localfs, sshfs, ftpfs, httpfs, socketfs, freenetfs, and nutellafs) transparently for any application. It consists of a kernel module which interacts with the VFS while the main part of the implementation is done in the userspace.

madwifi

Driver for Atheros-based Wireless LAN devices - the Multiband Atheros Driver for WiFi (madwifi).

ndiswrapper

Some vendors do not release specifications of the hardware or provide a linux driver for their wireless network cards. ndiswrapper provides a linux kernel module that loads and runs Ndis (Windows network driver API) drivers supplied by the vendors.

openafs

The AFS distributed filesystem. AFS is a distributed filesystem allowing cross-platform sharing of files among multiple computers. Facilities are provided for access control, authentication, backup and administrative management.

pwc

Drivers for the Philips Webcams.

qc-usb-modules

The qc-usb-modules package contains a kernel module to drive Logitech's USB-based QuickCam Express webcam and other cameras with similar chipsets.

realtime-lsm

Scripts for handling the realtime Linux security module. It sets up the system to grant realtime permissions to applications in the realtime group.

rt2x00

Linux driver for wireless 802.11b and 802.11g cards that are based on the Ralink rt2400 and rt2500 chipsets.

shfs

Shfs is a simple and easy to use Linux kernel module which allows you to mount remote filesystems using a plain shell (ssh) connection. When using shfs, you can access all remote files just like the local ones, only the access is governed through the transport security of ssh.

spca5xx

Kernel modules for the spca5xx video for linux (v4l) driver (SPCA5XX USB Camera).

thinkpad

Loadable driver modules used by the tpctl utility for configuring IBM ThinkPad laptop computers. Included are drivers of the Super I/O and RT/CMOS RAM chips, for an interface to the IBM ThinkPad SMAPI BIOS, and for an interface to the ThinkPad APM subsystem.

tidev

This driver will be useful to you if you own a Texas Instruments calculator and want to use one of the following link cables:

Notice: You'll also need a linking software such as TiLP to communicate with your calculator (not part of the live-cd, run 'apt-get install tilp').

unionfs

Unionfs is a stackable unification file system, which can appear to merge the contents of several directories (branches), while keeping their physical content separate. Unionfs is useful for unified source tree management, merged contents of split CD-ROM, merged separate software package directories, data grids, and more. Unionfs allows any mix of read-only and read-write branches, as well as insertion and deletion of branches anywhere in the fan-out. To maintain unix semantics, Unionfs handles elimination of duplicates, partial-error conditions, and more.

vaiostat

Sony Vaio status and control kernel module. This module creates some entries in /proc/vaio concerning battery and power usage information, and LCD brightness levels on Sony Vaio laptops. Although on newer laptops some of this information is handled by ACPI as well, this module is required for some older ones, and still works on the newer ones. Recent kernel sources include a SONYPI module that provides similar functionality to this one, but it cannot change LCD brightness on some laptops where this module works.

zd1211

Driver for the USB wireless dongles that are based on the ZyDAS ZD1211 802.11b/g USB WLAN chipset.

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