Thanks Mike for verifying the lack of a perceivable speed increase. Just to confirm, this is what I get for the following queries:
cpuinfo:
Intel XScale-PXA250 rev 4 (v5l)
Version (with patch installed):
Linux version 2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix-021129 (colin@paravel) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Sun, 18 Jan 2004 01:05:37 +0000
Dhrystone Benchmark, VAX MIPS rating:
112.927 (v1.32 ROM w/o patch and running VNC server)
146.236 (v1.32 ROM w/o patch and not running VNC server)
227.788 (v1.32 ROM w/ patch and not running VNC server)
As a sanity check, I reflashed the ROM with v1.32 and reinstalled the patch but still have the same battery indication problem. I found that the Z didn\'t need to be in the docking station. Plugging the AC adapter directly into the Z produced the same effect. I should point out that I keep my screen at half-brightness when running solely on battery. The screen goes to full brightness when the AC is plugged in with or without the patch. I just can\'t tell if the battery is getting charged properly (or at all) when the patch is installed.
Although I have no idea what any of the hex values stand for, I provide the following apm information, with the patch installed, if it helps shed some light on the problem. Note that when I did this, the battery was nearly (but not completely) charged to capacity:
running solely on battery:
1.14 1.2 0x02 0x00 0x00 0x01 100% -1 ?
AC plugged in first, followed by powering up Z; battery LED turns off, battery icon steady:
1.14 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x00 0x01 100% -1 ?
Z powered up first, followed by plugging in AC; battery LED turns on, battery icon animated:
1.14 1.2 0x02 0x01 0x03 0x08 255% -1 ?
Regardless, it seems I might have a unique situation since no one else is reporting a similar problem. Since the patch doesn\'t speed up the applications or functions I use most anyway, I will revert back to the basic standard kernel. Thanks again.