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Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 04:48:11 -0400 (EDT) From: Gerhard Mack <gmack@...erfire.net> To: Rainer Koenig <Rainer.Koenig@...itsu-siemens.com> cc: Mikael Pettersson <mikpe@...uu.se>, "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: Who can backport the AHCI driver to older kernels On Wed, 4 Jun 2008, Rainer Koenig wrote: > Hi Mikael, > > Am Dienstag, 3. Juni 2008 14:07 schrieb Mikael Pettersson: > > Redhat seems to regularly backport the entire libata layer > > to at least 2.6.18 (RHEL5) and maybe also 2.6.9 (RHEL4). > > Yes indeed we get perfect support from both Red Hat and SUSE for their > enterprise level distribution. I already got a driver kit for the > SLES10 kernel. The problem is that the targeted market is not willing > to use enterprise level (which means spend money for subscription) > distros. They go for the "free" (as in free beer) distros and suffer > from missing drivers. > Why not just create custom boot cds with the newer kernel for each distro? It seems like less work. Gerhard -- Gerhard Mack gmack@...erfire.net <>< As a computer I find your faith in technology amusing. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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