Re: Kernel vmsplice security update
On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 17:25:02 +0000, Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
> I see that linux-2.6 2.6.24-4 has been uploaded to unstable, containing
> the fixes; as it happens, I would quite like 2.6.24 on etch in any case,
> so would this be a good moment to backport?
By the way... with 2.6.23-1 some firmware blobs were removed from the
Debian kernel, and as a consequence these drivers had to be disabled:
- Alteon AceNIC/3Com 3C985/NetGear GA620 Gigabit support
- USB Keyspan USA-xxx Serial Driver
- Technotrend/Hauppauge Nova-USB devices
- YAM driver for AX.25
- MyriCOM Gigabit Ethernet support
- PTI Qlogic, ISP Driver
- Cirrus Logic (Sound Fusion) CS4280/CS461x/CS462x/CS463x
- Madge Ambassador (Collage PCI 155 Server)
- PCA-200E support
- SBA-200E support
- Broadcom NetXtremeII support
I'm a bit worried about that, especially because the Broadcom NetXtremeII
driver is required for some recent Dell systems, e.g. the PowerEdge 1950.
Norbert
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