Re: kernel-source : end of tg3 NIC support (because of firmware) ?

[Michael Neuffer <neuffer@neuffer.info>]

Quoting Philip Miller (millenix@zemos.net):
> Christophe Chisogne wrote:
> >Will tg3 remain in 2.4 kernel-source packages in future versions?
> >(This would be great, as tg3 is quite common NIC)
> >or should I drop .deb kernel packages
> >and use vanilla kernels from kernel.org ?
> 
> As I don't have a Tigon3, nor am I a DD, I can't comment on the rest of 
> your post. However, using packaged kernels and using vanilla kernels are 
> not mutually exclusive. apt-get install kernel-package

And then he's just installed a for him broken kernel ? Hmmm....
Not very useful that. I think the usage of pre-packaged kernels
will drop even further now.

Cheers
   Mike