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On 4/3/06, Martins Steinbergs <mar@××.lv> wrote: |
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> hi, |
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> i'm curios where to find what hardware each kernel version supports, |
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I have always found lwn (www.lwn.net) to have very good coverage of |
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the changes between kernel versions. |
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I'm not aware of any comprehensive list of supported hardware. |
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Various attempts at this have been attempted over the years, with |
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varying degrees of success. The most reliable is to plow through the |
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menuconfig/xconfig options. |
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> from my |
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> experience building 2.6.16 kernel series i know ati-drivers doesnt work. is |
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> it somewere documented? |
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Out-of-tree drivers can be expected to break when updating kernels. |
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It doesn't happen every kernel release, but it will happen. If it is |
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open source, there should be an update to the driver pretty quickly. |
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If it is a proprietary driver, you usually have to wait for the vendor |
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to make an update. |
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If you want to run bleeding-edge kernels, you might want to accept |
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~x86 for any out-of-tree drivers. |
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> for example i have peace of scanner that isnt |
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> supported by sane and i see that in sane homepage. Is there some links to |
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> kernel or ati documents where keep track? |
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lwn and the linux forums at www.rage3d.net. |
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-Richard |
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