Re: Bug#451367: installation-reports: Does not allow ethernet over firewire
On Tue, Nov 20, 2007 at 08:01:40PM +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> > What discussion? I googled for it and after skimming through about 20 pages
> > I still have not found it. What I _did_ find is several other reports of
> > problems with the new stack, two of which complain about missing Ethernet
> > support:
> > - http://lists.debian.org/debian-kernel/2007/10/msg00414.html
> > - http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=441206
> > - http://www.debianhelp.org/node/9328
> i consider that smallish to the *huge* usability improvement
> on not having a strange firewire ethernet device to choose
> for your network connectivity in d-i.
> so no tears for it.
The device was listed in d-i because people were using it. This thread is
here because they can no longer do so. It's rather rude of you to declare
that it's ok for the kernel team to "fix" usability issues in the installer
by removing functionality from the kernel.
I understand the technical arguments regarding the replacement of the stack,
and have no informed position on this bigger issue (though it seems that
plenty of people have been using the previous stack without complaint?), but
that doesn't make it ok that functionality has been dropped, whether or not
you happen to like that functionality.
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