Re: Adding new drivers to Debian's 2.6.32 kernel?
Ben Hutchings <ben@decadent.org.uk> writes:
> On Sat, 2010-04-10 at 21:21 +0200, Bjørn Mork wrote:
>> Hello,
>>
>> I am aware of the policy stated on
>> http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernelPatchAcceptanceGuidelines
>> and that this in general means that new features/drivers are rejected.
>
> That page is quite outdated, and I should fix it. New drivers can be
> added so long as they have already been accepted upstream.
>
> [...]
>> I do realize that current policy is that new drivers should be packaged
>> as dkms source packages, but I believe that this is not a good solution
>> in this specific case because:
>
> We recommend DKMS for out-of-tree drivers, that is drivers that have not
> been accepted upstream.
>
> [...]
>> Do you think an exception may be possible for this driver? If so, I can
>> prepare a patch proposal for review.
>
> Please do. Also, report this as a bug.
Thanks. Great news! Will do ASAP.
Bjørn
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