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



On Mon, 2014-01-06 at 17:21 +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, this is allowed but it hasn't happened for some time.

Ben.

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Ben Hutchings
Any smoothly functioning technology is indistinguishable from a rigged demo.

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