Finally kernel-power version v52 is now in Extras!

Update (from old version):
Use Hildon Application Manager or via apt-get. If you have Multiboot installed look bellow.

Installation:
From Hildon Application Manager install package: Linux kernel for power user
Or via apt-get package: kernel-power-flasher

Multiboot support (dropped):
Multiboot support for kernel-power was dropped because Multiboot damaging internal nand memory. If you are going to upgrade from kernel-power v51 to v52, first uninstall Multiboot and (optionally) switch to U-Boot. Then upgrade to kernel-power v52. Otherwise you can have problems and full reflash will be needed (due to Multiboot which damaging Maemo system).

Overclock support (optional):
From Hildon Application Manager install package: Linux kernel for power user (settings and overclock)
Or via apt-get package: kernel-power-settings

U-Boot support (optional):
From Hildon Application Manager install packages: U-Boot with kernel 2.6.28-omap1 and Linux kernel for power user (boot image for U-Boot)
Or via apt-get packages: u-boot-flasher and kernel-power-bootimg
Make sure you accept flashing U-Boot!

Packet injection wifi driver:
Kernel modules are already included and installed in /opt/packet-injection-modules/2.6.28.10-power52/
To load/unload it use shell script: http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~pal...t-injection.sh

BME replacement support:
This kernel has support for BME replacement (open source battery management). Will be announced...

New USB host mode:
This kernel has support for new usb host mode package USB Mode version 1.0-4. More info in this thread.

Uninstallation:
Overclock support or Bootimg package can be uninstalled via Hildon Application Manager or via apt-get. Uninstalling kernel itself is possible only via menu entry "Nokia Kernel". NEVER UNINSTALL KERNEL POWER PACKAGES!!! IT CAN MAKE YOUR DEVICE UNBOOTABLE.

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Changelog:

kernel-power (1:2.6.28-10power52) fremantle; urgency=low

* Backport upstream patch: udf-use-hw-sector-size.diff (This fix UDF FS support on SD cards and USB disks)
* Update bq2415x_charger patch: (use kstrtol, use dev_dbg, call sysfs_notify, rename N900 charger to bq24150a, fix reporting bad values, disable charging when charger disconnected, report errors)
* Added patch kstrtol.diff which define macro kstrtol as strict_strtol
* Update into about kernel-power-bootimg package
* Package kernel-power-bootimg does not provide any features
* Enable more netfilter and ipv6 modules
* Added driver rx51_battery which export battery temperature, design capacity and voltage to sysfs, provides: kernel-feature-rx51-battery
* Added patch tif_restore_sigmask-syscalls-arm.patch which fix pselect bug, added provides: kernel-feature-sigmask
* Enable bridge module, provides kernel-feature-bridge
* bq27x00_battery: Do not report nominal available capaciy if battery is not calibrated
* Add sysfs entry hostdevice2 which show host device speed detected by musb_virthub.c
* Optify bootimg package
* Enable vlan (8021q) module
* Fix reporting temperature in rx51_battery driver (driver should export temperature in 1/10 °C)
* Add support for offline mode in bq2415x_charger driver

-- Pali Rohár <hidden> Thu, 14 Feb 2013 17:34:58 +0100

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For questions about development, bugs, etc... write to thread
[Development] kernel-power on http://talk.maemo.org/showthread.php?t=78371
Here is also information how to compile kernel, send patches, ...

So, kernel power should conflict with multiboot

what are the exact steps to completly uninstall multiboot? im using it for android.

how to uninstall multiboot and add uboot without my current nitdroid and maemo duel boot???????

please explain.....any1

I think that's more of a "soft" conflict. Nothing prevents you from using multiboot with kernel-power. Kernel-power is just a kernel, and obviosuly multiboot's task is to flash kernels, so they are inherently compatible.

(Multiboot only requires an initial kernel [LABEL HERE] able to run /sbin/preinit and the capability to flash a kernel like [GOTO HERE]).

Another issue is that Pali, and other people, don't like the fact that multiboot flashes a kernel every time you boot (or everytime you select a new kernel), because the number of writes to the raw NAND partition containing the kernel is limited.

Plus U-boot is much better and more elegant. But that's besides the point. In short: I would be strongly against adding dependencies or conflicts unless there's a real technical need for it.

usb host and charging cheers

i uninstalled multiboot, installed kernel flasher, settings via apt-get (it said already latest version). then i installed uboot flasher and bootimg via apt-get. bootimg was also already latest and uboot successfully flashed. now i cannot boot my phone, its into reboot loop, the attached image zImage-2.6.28-omap1 not booting. what to do next?

@praveenchand,

Something tells me that you forgot to install the kernel-modules. Normally the attached kernel should work OK (nobody/nothing deletes the stock modules, AFAIK).

It could be that the multiboot uninstallation removed /sbin/preinit, leaving your system unbootable. But I don't know (never used multiboot).

I guess it's time to reflash.. unless you want to use some "rescue" system off an SD card (thanks U-boot you can still boot from the microSD card

@reinob how to boot from SD, where to get the kernel image, please...
After that i think i can download module again without reflash right?

it looks like that uninstallation of multiboot sometimes working and sometimes broke system. But I really cannot do anything with multiboot. This is reason why support by kernel-power was dropped.

@praveenchand:
You can download kernel-modules from deb package:
http://repository.maemo.org/pool/mae...+0m5_armel.deb
Unpack it with:
dpkg -x kernel-modules_2.6.28-20103103+0m5_armel.deb deb
and you will have all modules in dir deb/lib/modules/
Then you can boot RescueOS and via ftp load all those modules to n900 rootfs
If you do not have /sbin/preinit, download it from gitorious https://gitorious.org/community-ssu/...9f0ece/preinit and again use rescueos ftp to save it to n900 rootfs.