Re: Kernel 2.4.xx to kernel 2.5.xx
On Don, 2003-04-03 at 16:30, Eduardo Trápani wrote:
> I would like to try the kernel 2.5.66 (ppc). I remember
> that to change from 2.2 to 2.4 a number of utilites had to
> be upgraded. Is that the case when changing from 2.4.20 to
> 2.5.66?
See Documentation/Changes. The most important thing is to install
module-init-tools if you want to use modules.
> I want to check the rivafb support in the developing kernel
> and maybe try to backport it to 2.4.xx.
Are you sure rivafb in 2.5 has better support than in 2.4? I thought it
was rather the other way around, but I may be wrong.
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Earthling Michel Dänzer \ Debian (powerpc), XFree86 and DRI developer
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