Hi Philip, > Unfortunately, Red Hat 2.1 Advanced Server uses a derivative of the > 7.1 kernel: 2.4.9-e.24 (in Update 2). > > So if we drop 2.4.9, then I think we need to test the Red Hat > Advanced Server kernel. (Which I will volunteer to do...) I don't think we *need* to. You might want to, but that's different. It is Red Hat's decision to stick to a 2.4.9 kernel. This means that they are probably putting a lot of efforts in porting tons of fixes back to it. Then they can do the same with lm_sensors, i.e. stick to 2.7.0 and backport whatever they like. This is certainly what they do already. Frankly, who with a 2.4.9 kernel would really need what is in lm_sensors 2.9.0 and wasn't in 2.7.0, and dare to complain that lm_sensors 2.9.0 doesn't work? > Depending on the result of that test, I would suggest that we mention > what distro kernels are not supported (*initial* 7.1 kernel, etc.). We support vanilla kernels, not vendor ones (Red Hat or others) and have always claimed so. We are not going to list all (un)supported vendor kernels, as such a list would obviously be unmaintainable. Please keep in mind that i2c & lm_sensors 2.8.x were not compatible with any kernel older than 2.4.17 (although we claimed 2.4.9 compatibility), and nobody complained. This is certainly a good proof that people with these old kernels are still using lm_sensors 2.7.0 and are happy with that. Thanks, -- Jean Delvare http://khali.linux-fr.org/
