On Mon, Sep 03, 2001 at 12:53:29AM -0400, Brian Nelson wrote: > "Daniel T. Chen" <chenda@cs.unc.edu> writes: > > > > Has anyone else noticed this? Why update a "stable" kernel with a > > > broken driver? > > > > It happens, just keep abreast of the mailing list > > emu10k1@opensource.creative.com. I have a feeling another patch will be > > sent to Linus and Alan quite soon. > > But it should *not* happen in a stable kernel series. An update like > this belongs in 2.5, and then maybe backported when it's working well. > Where is 2.5 anyway??? > > Maybe I'm just cranky, but I think my 3 year old soundcard whose > drivers have been available for ~2 years should just work at this > point, without having to worry about tracking cvs and their mailing > list. So uh, take it up with the kernel people? Debian can't do anything about this. -- Nathan Norman - Staff Engineer | A good plan today is better Micromuse Ltd. | than a perfect plan tomorrow. mailto:nnorman@micromuse.com | -- Patton
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