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Re: Wheezy: Intel EG20T Support



On Mon, 2011-12-05 at 09:46 +0100, Faustmann Gerald wrote:
> I was trying to install the Testing version of Debian last week onto
> an Atom prozessor board, equipped with an EG20T platform controller.
> Although the Kernel from 2.6.38 on should support this chip, it was
> not activated in the package, neither as a module nor in the kernel
> itself. Now I wonder why.
> 
>  
> 
> Is there and particular reason for this or any special risk of
> instability for this  issue?

Generally we enable all drivers that can possibly be useful, so long as
they're modules and don't have device ID conflicts.  I thought these
chips would only be used in embedded systems that normally run custom
kernels, but obviously I was wrong.

I'll enable all the drivers for the EG20T.

Ben.

-- 
Ben Hutchings
Absolutum obsoletum. (If it works, it's out of date.) - Stafford Beer

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