I've uploaded new 2.4.20 kernel images for ia64, version 021210.em18.1. With sufficiently recent firmware, these kernels should reduce idle power consumption, among other changes.
Be warned that I had to upgrade the BIOS on at least one i2000 before I could boot this version successfully. The machine I happened to try these kernels on was running version 103, which failed. I've testing these kernels on i2000 systems running BIOS 117 (which I've been recommending for a while) and BIOS 130 (which is what you can currently download from HP) and both work fine. So, if you upgrade the kernel on an i2000 and it reboots part-way through the kernel initialization, try a firmware upgrade. See www.debian.org/ports/ia64 for a link to the HP firmware download site. Bdale
