Linux on the Fujitsu Siemens Lifebook E-6595

Preface

This is a survey about Linux related hardware features of
the Siemens-Fujitsu E-6595 (E-series). I don't try to explain the usual
installation details (for instance, which partitions I have
made).This document is based uppon "lanoche" by Werner Heuser.

Marco Kraus

Installation

On my Siemens-Fujitsu E-6595 I have installed the Debian 3.0 Woody Linux distribution.
Currently this is called the "testing" tree of debian.

General Hardware Data

General system information:
Linux discordia 2.4.16 #10 Thu Dec 6 09:54:09 CET 2001 i686 unknown 

processor	: 0
vendor_id	: GenuineIntel
cpu family	: 6
model		: 8
model name	: Pentium III (Coppermine)
stepping	: 10
cpu MHz		: 847.191
cache size	: 256 KB
fdiv_bug	: no
hlt_bug		: no
f00f_bug	: no
coma_bug	: no
fpu		: yes
fpu_exception	: yes
cpuid level	: 2
wp		: yes
flags		: fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse
bogomips	: 1690.82
    
Festplatte /dev/hda: 255 Köpfe, 63 Sektoren, 2432 Zylinder
Einheiten: Zylinder mit 16065 * 512 Bytes

    Gerät boot.  Anfang      Ende    Blöcke   Id  Dateisystemtyp
/dev/hda1   *         1         9     72261   83  Linux
/dev/hda2            10        40    249007+  82  Linux Swap
/dev/hda3            41        76    289170   a0  IBM Thinkpad hibernation
/dev/hda4            77      2432  18924570   83  Linux
Don't forget to create a 0x0A partition for "suspend to disk"!!!
After you created this partition you have to init it with lphdisk
(you have to install this package too) and reboot.
Keep in mind that this partition should be as big as your RAM.

Hard Disk


/dev/hda:

 Model=IC25N020ATDA04-0, FwRev=DA3OA76A, SerialNo=63A63J34433
 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec Fixed DTR>10Mbs }
 RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=0, SectSize=0, ECCbytes=4
 BuffType=DualPortCache, BuffSize=1806kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=16
 CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=39070080
 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:240,w/IORDY:120}, tDMA={min:120,rec:120}
 PIO modes: pio0 pio1 pio2 pio3 pio4
 DMA modes: mdma0 mdma1 mdma2 udma0 udma1 udma2 udma3 *udma4
 AdvancedPM=yes: mode=0x80 (128) WriteCache=enabled
 Drive Supports : ATA/ATAPI-5 T13 1321D revision 3 : ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 ATA-5

PCMCIA

Output of probe: 

PCI bridge probe: not found.
Intel PCIC probe: not found.
Databook TCIC-2 probe: not found.
These are the informations you would get with the kernel-pcmcia
sources. SO you have to disable pcmcia in the kernel, get pcmcia-cs from
sourceforge (see credits at the bottom), and compile it on your own.
The load modules (you can use modconf if you like) for i82365 and ds.

Wireless LAN

My Elsa MC-11 only worked with the newly compiled pcmcia sources, after
I loaded wvlan_cs. SO don't forget to compile /wirelss/* from the
pcmcia-sources too.This should work...

Graphic-Chip

Graficcard is an ATI Rage M4 Mobility. XFree4 had no Problems
with this card

Sound

Alsaconf 0.5x will not detedct this Intel8x0 Soundcard.
Like pcmcia you have to disable all sound stuff except
the soundcore module in the linux kernel an compile
alsadriver on your own. Don't forget to load the modules
after compilation.

APM

    I have some problems using APM wih my selfcompiled soundsystem.

    It seems to be a bug in the Kernel APM, cause APM crashes to a kernel trap.

    Also APM Shutdown hangs while syncing the hardware clock.

Infrared Port - IrDA(TM)

FIR

SIR 

ttyS00 at 0x03f8 (irq = 4) is a 16550A
ttyS03 at 0x02e8 (irq = 3) is a 16550A

Network-Card

    This is a eepro100 compatible PCI-Card. SO activate
    the kernel support for this card an load the modules.

Survey PCI Devices

Output from lspci: 

00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 11)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp.: Unknown device 1131 (rev 11)
00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset PCI (-M) (rev 03)
00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset ISA Bridge (ICH2-M) (rev 03)
00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset IDE U100 (-M) (rev 03)
00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset USB (Hub A) (rev 03)
00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset SMBus (rev 03)
00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset USB (Hub B) (rev 03)
00:1f.5 Multimedia audio controller: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset AC'97 Audio Controller (rev 03)
00:1f.6 Modem: Intel Corp. 82820 820 (Camino 2) Chipset AC'97 Modem Controller (rev 03)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility M4 AGP
02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82820 (ICH2) Chipset Ethernet Controller (rev 03)
02:0a.0 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 02)
02:0a.1 CardBus bridge: O2 Micro, Inc. OZ6933 Cardbus Controller (rev 02)

Survey RS232

Output from setserial: 

/dev/ttyS0, Line 0, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x03f8, IRQ: 4
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000
	Flags: spd_normal skip_test

/dev/ttyS1, Line 1, UART: unknown, Port: 0x02f8, IRQ: 3
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000
	Flags: spd_normal skip_test

/dev/ttyS2, Line 2, UART: unknown, Port: 0x03e8, IRQ: 4
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000
	Flags: spd_normal skip_test

/dev/ttyS3, Line 3, UART: 16550A, Port: 0x02e8, IRQ: 3
	Baud_base: 115200, close_delay: 50, divisor: 0
	closing_wait: 3000
	Flags: spd_normal

Disclaimer

This document has nothing to do with Fujitsu-Siemens, they
don't even know it exists. There is no guarantee that the
information on this page is accurate, please don't hold me
responsible if your experience is different from the
information here.

Credits

This report was generated by lanoche v0.6 Don Dez 6 13:10:20 CET 2001.

The latest version of lanoche is available at MobiliX - Software.