Re: Custom Kernels and 2.6.24

[Alan Ianson <agianson@gmail.com>]

Matthew Macdonald-Wallace wrote:
> On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:56:05 +0530
> Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran+debian@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, 27 Feb 2008 13:25:24 +0000
> > Matthew Macdonald-Wallace <mmw@tiger-computing.co.uk> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi All,
> > >
> > > A while back there was an announcement that debian would be
> > > "updating" to kernel 2.6.24, however I've not heard anything since!
> > >
> > > I've got a number of systems that for various reasons (mainly
> > > hardware-based) are running a custom 2.6.24 kernel.  Obviously I'd
> > > like to make them "official", does anyone know of a potential
> > > release data for this kernel version?
> > The 2.6.24 packages are in sid already.  See
> > http://packages.debian.org/linux-image-2.6.24
>
> Thanks for the heads-up, however I'm slightly^H^H^H^H^H _incredibly_
> nervous about running something that is titled "unstable" on a
> production system, hence the original question.
>
> I guess I should have stated that I'm running Etch.
>
> Cheers
>
> M.

I have read that there will be an "etch and a  half" release that will 
include the 2.6.24 kernel (if it proves reliable). It is planned for 
etch r4, we are at r2 now so it looks to me that it will be some time 
yet before it is ready. My guess is 8 months or so, the key word there 
being guess.. :)

Better info is here..

http://wiki.debian.org/EtchAndAHalf