Re: Lenny with Kernel 2.6.18?
On 2009-02-26 23:58 +0100, Bill Thompson wrote:
> 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?
That should be possible.
> If so, how can I keep up with security patches?
Keep/add entries for etch-security and etch-proposed-updates in your
sources.list, then you'll get the security updates. Security support
for Etch ends in a year, but by that time you should be able to install
a newer kernel from Lenny-and-a-Half (if it is released by that time) or
Squeeze.
Sven
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