On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:28:57 -0500 Anthony DeRobertis <aderobertis@metrics.net> wrote: > Jonas Smedegaard wrote: > > > I believe it is important for yaird to apply same strict logic to > > all Linux kernels, official or not. > > Seems perfectly reasonable to me. Thanks. > I think the following has been discovered: > > 1. The ide-generic requirement was added by the modular IDE patch, > which Debian included in its kernels. (Thus, kernel.org kernels never > had it) > > 2. The ide-generic requirement is gone as of 2.6.15. > > I suspect a resolution that satisfies everyone is possible given the > above two items. I agree. Do you consider the following a reasonable resolution?: >From changelog for yaird 0.0.12-5: > * Drop ide-generic workarounds added in 0.0.12-2. This closes: > bug#345067 (thanks especially to Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org> > bug#for > his thorough analysis, and to others patiently helping resolve the > issues involved). > The workarounds turned out to be only needed together with a > Debian-specific modular-ide kernel patch (and then needed always - > not only with specific drivers). > The modular-ide patch has been in use for quite some time but was > dropped shortly after the yaird workaround got applied, and since > yaird has not yet been part of an official Debian release it is > safe to not maintain support for the broken modular-ide patch. >From changelog of yaird 0.0.12-6: > * Add NEWS item warning about dropped ide-generic workaround, and > suggesting a manual alternative (not adding README, as the need > for this info should be only temporary). (special note to Sven: no need to reply to this email unless you have _new_ stuff to add. And if you do, then please do not cc me). Regards, - Jonas -- * Jonas Smedegaard - idealist og Internet-arkitekt * Tlf.: +45 40843136 Website: http://dr.jones.dk/ - Enden er nær: http://www.shibumi.org/eoti.htm
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