Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f180.google.com ([209.85.223.180]:50786 "EHLO mail-iw0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S933097AbZJNOfa (ORCPT ); Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:35:30 -0400 Received: by iwn10 with SMTP id 10so3374499iwn.4 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:34:52 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <200910141131.47500.kunal.gangakhedkar@gmail.com> References: <43e72e890910131542k376a87c5rc30feb6491a06867@mail.gmail.com> <4AD51A7C.9060207@canonical.com> <43e72e890910131750s4d2cdb20o76d721087d9b3aaf@mail.gmail.com> <200910141131.47500.kunal.gangakhedkar@gmail.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 07:34:32 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890910140734j196a06f2y8905d3eb1ba1abc8@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stable compat-wireless 2.6.32-rc4 released To: Kunal Gangakhedkar Cc: tim.gardner@canonical.com, linux-wireless Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 11:01 PM, Kunal Gangakhedkar wrote: > On Wednesday 14 Oct 2009 6:20:33 am Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Tim Gardner > wrote: >> > 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. >> > > Isn't this the whole purpose of linux-backports-modules in ubuntu as well? Yes, but lbm currently relies on the bleeding edge compat-wireless which is exactly that -- bleeding edge, it may or may not work. The stable compat-wireless releases are based on the latest stable kernel releases and latest rc kernel release so they are deemed to be stable snapshots following the kernel release cycle. Luis