Return-path: Received: from mail-iw0-f180.google.com ([209.85.223.180]:57040 "EHLO mail-iw0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753223AbZJNAv3 convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:51:29 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <4AD51A7C.9060207@canonical.com> References: <43e72e890910131542k376a87c5rc30feb6491a06867@mail.gmail.com> <4AD51A7C.9060207@canonical.com> From: "Luis R. Rodriguez" Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 17:50:33 -0700 Message-ID: <43e72e890910131750s4d2cdb20o76d721087d9b3aaf@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stable compat-wireless 2.6.32-rc4 released To: tim.gardner@canonical.com Cc: linux-wireless , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "John W. Linville" , Greg KH Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Sender: linux-wireless-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 5:25 PM, Tim Gardner wrote: > Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> >> As the kernel moves along so does the automatic stable backports for >> the wireless subsystem [1]. We are now on 2.6.32-rc4. Besides getting >> the same fixes from rc1..rc4 some backport changes were made as well, >> most importantly that of relying on your own kernel's iw_handler.h. >> I've tested this release with 2.6.28. >> >> Please report any issues you see. >> >> [1] http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Download/stable >> >> PS. If you maintain a distribution and rely on stable compat-wireless >> releases please let me know so I can CC you when further updates are >> made. >> >>  Luis >> > > 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. Luis