Hi Dann: Do you mean you need our test to the point release kernel on SB700/SB600? I think I can ask our QA's help to test it. And I have one question here:
Is there any installation CD/DVD ISO image of "point release", which can be downloaded and burnt into CD/DVD? (It seems that there is no such ISO image) If there is no such image, we need to install etch(4.0) on a non-SB700 board, then upgrade the linux kernel into the version you mentioned, and try to boot this updated kernel on SB700 board, Am I right? Because I think etch(4.0) can NOT be installed onto SB700 board directly. Thanks Shane > Of course, the only way you will know if we are looking at candidate > upstreams for the next release is to follow along with the > debian-kernel list. If you don't really want to do that, you can > simply file the bugs and include a mention of which upstream kernel > fixes it (and, as always, pointers to exact git changesets are > ideal). > > That all said, I'd really like to see new hardware support get added > into the *existing* etch (4.0) release instead of forcing users to > wait for lenny for stable release support. Hardware support can be > added in what we call 'point releases'. The kernel for the first point > release (4.0r1) is already done and has been for some time, but we can > start testing patches for the point release (4.0r2) now. > > On that note, I've backported the various patches you've pointed me > to and committed them as they are all now upstream. This will result > in snapshot builds which you can pull and test. See the snapshots > section for etch here: > http://wiki.debian.org/DebianKernel > > This was committed in r9249, so you'll want to be sure to grab a > kernel of version 2.6.18.dfsg.1-14~snapshot.9249 or greater. > > I don't have the hardware in question, so all I've been able to test > is that it builds cleanly. Can you test these for us or help us find > some users who can? I'd like to get positive feedback on both the > SB600 and SB700 before releasing. Please direct that feedback to this > bug report.
