Re: 2.6-test1 on ppc?
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 15:41:35 +0200, Sven Luther wrote:
> On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 09:53:48PM +0900, Vincent Lefevre wrote:
> > If the 2.4.21-benh kernel is so good, why is there a buggy
> > kernel-image-2.4.21-powerpc package but no kernel-image-2.4.21-benh
> > package in Debian?
>
> Because it is the 'stable' kernel ? Seriously, you find
> kernel-image-2.4.21-powerpc package to be buggy, what bugs are you
> exactly speaking and did you fill bug reports for them ?
Well, I posted a message to debian-powerpc@lists.debian.org on July 17
about this ("Can no longer change the brightness with F1/F2 on my
PowerBook"). I've just filled a bug report (bug 202602).
On Wed, Jul 23, 2003 at 16:48:18 +0200, Michael Schmitz wrote:
> You can be sure that the Debian 2.4.21 kernel source (or patch) is based
> on BenH's source tree. That explains why there's no
> kernel-image-2.4.21-benh package (kernel-image-2.4.21-newpmac would be
> impossible without Bens work). For all practical purpose the two would be
> identical (right, Sven?).
I've been told that kernel-image-2.4.21-powerpc wasn't based on Ben's
source tree. So, on which sources is it based? And where can I find
kernel-image-2.4.21-newpmac?
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