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