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Bug#597976: unblock: ipheth/1.0-2



On Fri, Sep 24, 2010 at 21:04:17 +0100, Paul McEnery wrote:

> pheth (1.0-2) unstable; urgency=low
> 
>   As of 21 April 2010, the ipheth kernel module has been accepted in
>   the mainstream Linux kernel (2.6.34). There is therefore no longer
>   any need to supply the source code for the driver. For this reason,
>   the ipheth-dkms package been removed.
> 
>   If you run a desktop system, it may not be necessary to install
>   ipheth-utils. Desktop packages such as GVFS and libgpod automatically
>   pair with the device when it is plugged in. The ipheth-utils package
>   will therefore be of specific interest to users wanting only to make
>   use of the iPhone's Internet connection.
> 
>   Users upgrading from version 1.0-1 are advised to remove the
>   ipheth-dkms package in order to use the Kernel maintained driver.
> 
Might also want to note that ipheth is in the debian kernel as of
2.6.32-12, since that's what's relevant for squeeze users.

Cheers,
Julien

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