linux-kernel - Re: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-))

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Message-ID: <4367.1203056954@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Fri, 15 Feb 2008 01:29:14 -0500
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Gene Heskett <gene.heskett@...il.com>
cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
	Russell King <rmk+lkml@....linux.org.uk>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Trond Myklebust <trond.myklebust@....uio.no>,
	Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	linux-next@...r.kernel.org, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Announce: Linux-next (Or Andrew's dream :-))

On Thu, 14 Feb 2008 13:32:02 EST, Gene Heskett said:

> Nvidia vs 2.6.25-rc1 being a case in point, and they (nvidia) are appearing to 
> indicate its not a problem until some distro actually ships a kernel with the
> changes that broke it.  That could be months or even a year plus.

Actually following the NVidia forums indicates otherwise:

http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=107144

I expect Zander will be posting a patch rather soonish, for some value of
soonish.  And if you're running a -rc or -mm kernel, patching the 169.09
drivers should be well within your abilities....

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