Re: Lenny with Kernel 2.6.18?

[Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net>]

On 02/26/2009 04:58 PM, Bill Thompson wrote:
> Dear Lazyweb ;)
>
> I have a box running Etch with several Acceleport XP serial cards
> inside. It appears that Digi will not be supporting this hardware with
> a Kernel 2.6.26 compatible driver. Digi support claims that "The tty
> layer is broke in the 2.6.26 kernels". They support older kernels and
> promise to have a 2.6.27 compatible driver in the near future.
>
> Any suggestions as to how to handle this? Should I upgrade to Lenny but
> keep the old Etch 2.6.18 kernel? If so, how can I keep up with security
> patches?

What about compiling your own .24 or .25 kernel (or whatever is the 
last kernel that Digi supports)?

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Ron Johnson, Jr.
Jefferson LA  USA

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