On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Tim Gardner <tim.gardner@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> >> As the kernel moves along so does the automatic stable backports for >> the wireless subsystem [1]. We are now on 2.6.32-rc4. Besides getting >> the same fixes from rc1..rc4 some backport changes were made as well, >> most importantly that of relying on your own kernel's iw_handler.h. >> I've tested this release with 2.6.28. >> >> Please report any issues you see. >> >> [1] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable >> >> PS. If you maintain a distribution and rely on stable compat-wireless >> releases please let me know so I can CC you when further updates are >> made. >> >> Luis >> > > Speaking as a distro, what advantage does the stable wireless backport offer > for the currently released kernel if we are already consumers of stable > updates? Well if you are a distro stuck on the 2.6.31 kernel the stable compat-wireless-2.6.32 gets you 2.6.32 wireless bits on 2.6.31 and that means any features/drivers/large fixes/enhancements that didn't make it to 2.6.31. Luis -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
