Bug#444271: 2.6.26 kernel with Intel DMA patches

[Moritz Muehlenhoff <jmm@inutil.org>]

On Wed, Oct 29, 2008 at 08:27:09PM +0100, Martin Michlmayr wrote:
> I've produced a 2.6.26 based kernel with the DMA engine patches from
> Intel.  Your Thecus N2100 will have considerably better hard drive
> performance with this kernel.  However, the patches are experimental
> and not in the mainline kernel.  I haven't seen any data corruption
> with the current version of the patches, but please watch out for
> problems if you decide to install this kernel.
> 
> I intend to maintain a 2.6.26 kernel with these DMA patches throughout
> the lifetime of Debian lenny.  When a new kernel update is made to
> lenny, I will update my repository accordingly.

Martin, have the patches been merged in mainline since the Lenny
release?

Cheers,
        Moritz