linux-kernel - Re: Who can backport the AHCI driver to older kernels

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Date:	Tue, 3 Jun 2008 13:52:30 +0200
From:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
To:	Rainer Koenig <Rainer.Koenig@...itsu-siemens.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Who can backport the AHCI driver to older kernels

Rainer Koenig wrote:
> New mainboard platfrom with latest chipset from a chipset vendor that
> can't do the job that we are asking for. The chipset (especially the
> SATA controller is supported in Kernel 2.6.24 and later.
> 
> The target market for those boards is using old fashioned distributions
> like CentOS, Debian, Fedora 8 openSUSE 10 and so on. So the gap is that
> the latest driver from 2.6.24 is not yet in those distributions.

Debian will offer the option to install a system using 2.6.24 with its 
next update for Etch (stable). That point release is expected within the 
next few weeks.

Cheers,
FJP
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