Re: 2.6 debian-installer
On Fri, Dec 19, 2003 at 11:45:03AM +0100, Marco d'Itri wrote:
> sven.luther@wanadoo.fr wrote:
>
> >2.6 will need a bit more maturity and better architecture support for
> >that to happen though. Definitively post sarge release stuff.
> This is a very bad idea, because more and more modern hardware will
> require 2.6 kernels. If it's OK to support 2.2 kernels (!) for doorstops
> then if there is somebody willing to do the work we should officially
> support 2.6 kernels too, even if as a bf26 boot option.
> A few days ago I fixed most .o/.ko issues, only kernel/linux-kernel-di/
> still needs some work.
Well, as far as i see, the problem is about the devfs stuff, and i guess
this will need a consistent amount of work to fix it. If someone feels
like doing it, fine with me, but i guess most d-i people are
concentrating on other stuff.
> By the time sarge is going to be frozen 2.6 kernels will be mature.
Yeah, sure.
Friendly,
Sven Luther
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