Bug#645308: tg3 broken for NetXtreme 5714S in squeeze 6.0.3 installer
[keeping debian-kernel]
On Mon, Oct 17, 2011 at 08:51:37AM -0500, Jonathan Nieder wrote:
> Marc Haber wrote:
>
> > Why was a new tg3 introduced in a point release kernel in the first
> > place?
>
> * tg3,broadcom: Backport changes up to Linux 2.6.38 (Closes: #627705)
> - Add support for BCM5717, BCM5719, BCM57765
> - Add support for BCM50610M and BCM5241 PHYs
> - Fix support for BCM5755
Why was this done in a point release? I always thought that Debian
stable means Debian stable. Other packages are forbidden to introduce
new functionality into a stable release as well.
In this case, the change has introduced a (bad!) regression. This must
not happen.
Greetings
Marc
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