Re: Updating an older Fedora Core 5 installer to feature newer kernel modules

["Brian Long" <briandlong gmail com>]

On 6/4/07, Matthew Bloch <matthew bytemark co uk> wrote:
> Hi there, I'm trying to solve a long-standing problem with installation
> of CentOS & Fedora on our nForce-430-based motherboards.
>
> The forcedeth kernel module has been pretty fast-moving over the last
> few kernels and to support our current boards, we need a really fresh
> version which is generally only found in 2.6.19 or 2.6.20.  nVidia
> backport these drivers to earlier kernels here:

Matthew,

Although you said you cannot consider newer distros, what about
different or older hardware?  If someone insists on running a distro
that doesn't have the drivers you need, I would consider them
"unsupported" and they can deal with older hardware or a newer
release.  :)

If you try to support each nuance requested by end users, you'll run
out of time.

/Brian/