Re: UNS: Re: lenny-and-a-half?
Noah Meyerhans wrote:
> On Sun, Nov 22, 2009 at 04:45:16PM +0100, Luk Claes wrote:
>> So any input on what new hardware support is missing is appreciated and
>> even more if it's not possible to have that in a general point release
>> (too much changes or too much risk of breakage without going to a newer
>> kernel for instance).
>
> Thanks, Luk. Part of what prompted my mail was some recent experiences
> with e1000 and bxn2 hardware that was not supported by the lenny kernel.
> Unfortunately, these were client machines that are now in production and
> to which I no longer have free access for testing. I'll see what I can
> come up with, on that front. I also switched to a newer kernel version
> on my Thinkpad x300 due to buggy hardware support. Bugs weren't filed
> at that time, though, since it was clear that the problems had already
> been fixed upstream. Again, I'll see what I can come up with in terms
> of specific issues that would be nice to fix in stable.
>
> Thus far, from my point of view, the lenny kernel has done remarkably
> well in terms of hardware support.
Well at least for bnx2, there has been extra PCIIDs added to the Lenny
kernel so at least some new HP and Dell machines are supported. I'm not
sure about e1000 myself, though especially new PCIIDs are certainly no
problem to have in the general point releases.
Cheers
Luk
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