Re: Debian-edu/Skolelinux and Edubuntu cooperation

[Gavin McCullagh <lists_gmc@fiachra.ucd.ie>]

Hi,

On Sat, 14 May 2005, Gjermund Skogstad wrote:

> AFAIK Linux supports loading of "foreign-compiled" kernel modules as 
> long as they are built on the same exact version of kernel source, and this 
> was supported from 2.4 upwards? 

Sorry, I understand.  However, supposing for the sake of argument that I
wanted a SATA driver for the woody installer, how easy is it to backport
drivers like this to 2.4.18?  I guess perhaps that's an extreme case but in
general how difficult is it to backport recent drivers to an older kernel?

> >  - video card support (probably)
> Same goes for this one ...

This is much easier of course as the driver isn't required during the
installation process.

Gavin