Mailinglist Archive: opensuse-factory (1233 mails)

[Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx>]

On Thu, Nov 13, 2008 at 05:20:00PM +0100, Herbert Graeber wrote:
> Andreas Jaeger schrieb:
> > z <zoomer.gm@xxxxxxxxx> writes:
> >
> > > 2008/11/12 Greg KH <gregkh@xxxxxxx>:
> > > > On Wed, Nov 12, 2008 at 11:19:27PM +0300, z wrote:
> > > > > i there any plans for using kernel 2.6.28 in upcoming 11.1 release?
> > > > > kernel is now in rc-4 state.
> > > > >
> > > > > is my assumption right, that if kernel will release 2.6.28 final
> > > > > before 11.1 release, it will be used?
> > > > No, sorry.
> > > >
> > > > Is there anything specific in .28 that you feel is missing in the .27
> > > > kernel release in the openSUSE tree?
> > > yes, my wireless card is not included in 2.6.27.
> > > works "from the box" only with 2.6.28
> >
> > Which one is it?  We have some driver backports in 2.6.27 already...
>
> I have a problem with my EEEPC 900A and wireless, too. The backported
> ath5k driver from
>
> http://wireless.kernel.org/download/compat-wireless-2.6/compat-wireless-2.6.tar.bz2
>
> works fine.
>
> Another driver missing for me is the one for af9015 based DVB-T sticks.
>
> Kernel 2.6.28 adds a great bunch of new and updated drivers. For the
> average user it would be nice to have all his new and shiny hardware
> supported.

Yes it would, but realize that 2.6.28 isn't even released yet, you have
to draw the line for a released product sometime :)

thanks,

greg k-h
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