Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261474AbUIDVe3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 17:34:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261602AbUIDVe3 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 17:34:29 -0400 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:30162 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261474AbUIDVe1 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Sep 2004 17:34:27 -0400 Subject: Re: New proposed DRM interface design From: Lee Revell To: Christoph Hellwig Cc: Dave Airlie , Keith Whitwell , Jon Smirl , dri-devel@lists.sourceforge.net, linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <20040904122655.A14407@infradead.org> References: <20040904102914.B13149@infradead.org> <41398EBD.2040900@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904104834.B13362@infradead.org> <413997A7.9060406@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904112535.A13750@infradead.org> <4139995E.5030505@tungstengraphics.com> <20040904120352.B14037@infradead.org> <20040904121355.E14123@infradead.org> <20040904122655.A14407@infradead.org> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1094333675.6575.389.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 Date: Sat, 04 Sep 2004 17:34:35 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1140 Lines: 28 On Sat, 2004-09-04 at 07:26, Christoph Hellwig wrote: > On Sat, Sep 04, 2004 at 12:24:32PM +0100, Dave Airlie wrote: > > > > > > A user without a clue should better be using a supported distribution. > > > If he used Fedora Core2 instead of the totally outdated and unsupported > > > RH9 he'd already have a kernel with i915 support on his disk. > > > > What about Debian? they would have a 2.4 kernel.. is Debian not supported, > > no-one told me... > > Due to the policies of the release manager Debian stable is a totalally lost > cause. It's missing all other support bits for i915 plattforms aswell. > Wrong and wrong. If you run Debian unstable (which is WAY more stable than, say, FC2) then you can apt-get upgrade to the latest kernel. What policies are you referring to? That Debian won't ship with showstopper, data-destroying bugs due to pressure to make a release date? Lee - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/