dkms for fc7?

Stephen John Smoogen smooge at gmail.com
Mon Jan 22 18:39:02 UTC 2007


On 1/22/07, Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot at laposte.net> wrote:
>
> Le Lun 22 janvier 2007 01:59, Kevin Kofler a écrit :
> > Nicolas Mailhot <nicolas.mailhot <at> laposte.net> writes:
> >> Out-of-tree driver writer 1 will say "I only support 2.6.x proper"
> >> Out-of-tree driver writer 2 will say "I only support up to 2.6.x-rcy"
> >> davej will say "I'll ship 2.6.x.3 in because previous releases are
> >> missing
> >> a critical fix and that matches the Fedora release schedule"
> >
> > Then you patch the modules. :-)
>
> Then you're back to square one, except you don't have your pool of users
> pushing for in-kernel merge anymore
>

To be honest.. I don't see any pool of users pushing for in-kernel
merge anyway.. or that they are going to be very effective in causing
this. In kernel merge comes when the code is acceptable.. not because
400 people email Linus and the 'core developers': please put xyz-ntx
module into mainline.

-- 
Stephen J Smoogen. -- CSIRT/Linux System Administrator
How far that little candle throws his beams! So shines a good deed
in a naughty world. = Shakespeare. "The Merchant of Venice"




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