Bug#734171: Network install does not work with I-217V ethernet controller

[Bjørn Mork <bjorn@mork.no>]

"Lennart Sorensen" <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> writes:
> On Mon, Jan 06, 2014 at 05:21:30PM +0100, Cyril Brulebois wrote:
>> Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> (2014-01-06):
>> > Debian stable means not changing things in general, so adding new
>> > drivers is not something that is done.
>> 
>> Sorry, that's wrong.
>> 
>> The linux kernel is regularly updated in stable to add support for
>> new(er) hardware.
>
> Well if 3.2.x updates upstream add new drivers, then sure, but I don't
> recall ever seeing debian backport drivers to a stable release kernel.

Look again.  For example:

  zgrep backport /usr/share/doc/linux-image-*/changelog.Debian.gz


My experience is that the Debian kernel team is more than happy to
accept backported drivers.  But someone has to do the job.


Bjørn