[ALUG] Re: How soon will 2.6.18 kernel appear in stable releases?

[cl at isbd.net]

On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 02:04:31PM +0100, Jonathan McDowell wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 03, 2006 at 01:49:27PM +0100, cl at isbd.net wrote:
> > As per the title - how soon do the 'main' distributions tend to offer
> > ready made upgrades to the latest (currently 2.6.18) kernel?  ... and
> > having asked that which of Mandriva, Ubuntu and Suse is likely to
> > offer it first?
> 
> 2.6.18 is already part of Debian unstable. It's unlikely to ever make an
> actual stable release though. I don't know how fast any of the other
> distros add things.
> 
> > Being lazy I'd prefer not to have to compile my own kernel though I
> > have done it before.
> 
> What are you hoping to get from tracking the most recent kernel if
> you're just using distro provided kernels? Do you have an unsupported
> device or some bug you're hitting?
> 
Yes, I want Jmicron SATA/PATA support so I can access my DVD/CD drive.

I also believe that my Realtek 8168 ethernet needs a very recent
kernel.

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Chris Green (chris at halon.org.uk)