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On Wed, 2006-06-21 at 12:25 +0200, Lars Weiler wrote: |
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> * Daniel Drake <dsd@g.o> [06/06/20 18:12 +0100]: |
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> > I'm hoping to be able to mark 2.6.17 stable on or around July 11th. I'll give |
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> > around a weeks notice here when that is to happen. Hopefully we'll use this for |
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> > the 2006.1 release too. |
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> Would be great when ppc can profit from that kernel in the |
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> 2006.1-release. Especially the bcm43xx driver is very |
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> important for our Laptop users. |
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Start testing 2.6.17 in your builds now, then. |
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> > Testing of 2.6.17 is very much appreciated, please also file bugs against |
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> > problems you have with the kernel itself :) |
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> I had problems with genkernel and 2.6.16 on ppc. I need to |
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> test and fix the build of the initramfs. |
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Umm... Come hang out in #gentoo-releng again and you'll see that we have |
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a (masked) genkernel in the tree that solves all of these headaches. |
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I know, because I've been building on ppc for the past few weeks making |
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sure all of this worked so you wouldn't have trouble once we started the |
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release. Unless you mean Pegasos, which is busted on 2.6.16, genkernel |
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or not, and I've spoken with JoseJX about that one already and he's |
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aware of it. I need to get back with him to see if he (or anyone else) |
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has come up with anything. |
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Chris Gianelloni |
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Release Engineering - Strategic Lead |
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x86 Architecture Team |
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