Is it possible to add pwc kernel module as Fedora Extras package?

Matthew Miller mattdm at mattdm.org
Wed Jul 12 10:56:03 UTC 2006


On Wed, Jul 12, 2006 at 04:16:36PM +0530, Parag N(पराग़) wrote:
>    But can't we have pwc-10.0.11 version driver for any 2.6.16
> kernels  under FC5 extras? When i compared pwc-if.c file from 2.6.16
> kernel to pwc-10.0.11 package's pwc-if.c, i found there are some
> differences and pwc-if.c file is old in 2.6.16.
> Regards,
> Parag.

I don't think Extras should get in the business of building new kernel
modules for old kernels which have been replaced for security reasons.

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