reassign #303918 kernel thanks On Wed, 20 Apr 2005, Steve M. Robbins wrote:
> On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 03:28:19PM +0200, maximilian attems wrote: > > On Sat, 09 Apr 2005, Steve M. Robbins wrote: > > > > > Dear Debian Kernel Maintainers, > > > > > > Alan Cox has a patch against 2.6.10 that supports the IT 8212 RAID > > > Controller, which is found on some motherboards. > > > > just checked it's not in 2.6.12-rc2 nor in the ide-dev tree. > > i guess alan hasn't submitted it yet to bart. > [ ... ] > > the patch will get into our tree as soon as it's accepted upstream. > > The main point of my request is that the patch be applied to > Debian's kernel *before* it gets into the official sources. > Indeed, once it is in the official sources, there's no need > to patch Debian's kernel. well unless you didn't get it. we don't apply random pet patch for out of tree drivers. as aboves patch is quite selfcontained i didn't close your request. > I've been running a kernel with this driver for several weeks now with > no ill effects -- in fact, my root partition is on a mirrored drive on > this controller. Moreover, the patch simply adds one source file > and fixes the Makefile to build it. It is quite safe for you > to apply it. for sarge it's anyway to late, kernel is frozen and for post sarge it would be cool to have it integrated upstream. -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]