Re: kernel-source : end of tg3 NIC support (because of firmware) ?
Michael Neuffer <neuffer@neuffer.info> schrieb:
> 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.
You either didn't read what Philip wrote, or you don't know what
kernel-package is.
> I think the usage of pre-packaged kernels
> will drop even further now.
But perhaps the use of kernel-package will increase to a similar
extent.
Regards, Frank
--
Frank Küster, Biozentrum der Univ. Basel
Abt. Biophysikalische Chemie
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