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

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Message-ID: <alpine.DEB.1.10.0806040447291.5318@mtl.rackplans.net>
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

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