RE: Linux 2.2.12pre
Fred Reimer (fwr@ga.prestige.net)
Wed, 18 Aug 1999 10:56:43 -0400
On Wed, 18 Aug 1999, Paul Jakma wrote:
> > If your particular distribution uses the old tools then I think there
> > are only two options:
> >
> > 1) Complain to your distribution to get up to date so that
> > they can use
> > the latest kernels.
> >
> > 2) Do the work yourself.
> >
> > I don't think complaining about the latest kernel releases is a valid
> > option.
> >
> > fwr
>
> and therein lies the problem. the kernel is too far behind in some places.
>
> maybe it's cause of maintainers deliberately wanting to test things out
> before submitting things, but it ends being quite painful as a user trying
> to integrate all the different patches.
Believe me, I know what your talking about from trying to patch the
kernel myself since 2.2.5 with the infrequent RAID 0.90 patches - (they
had one for 2.2.0, 2.2.3, 2.2.6, and 2.2.10). But these patches NEED
to go in the kernel. Waiting until 2.4 is released is not an option,
IMHO.
fwr
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