--- On Sat, 3/6/10, Bruno Wolff III <bruno(a)wolff.to> wrote:
From: Bruno Wolff III <bruno(a)wolff.to>
Subject: Re: Where is 2.6.32?
To: "john wendel" <jwendel10(a)comcast.net>
Cc: users(a)lists.fedoraproject.org
Date: Saturday, March 6, 2010, 3:14 PM
On Sat, Mar 06, 2010 at 14:04:06
-0800,
john wendel <jwendel10(a)comcast.net>
wrote:
>
> But 2.6.33 has already been released.
Graphics and kernels are tied together in a way that makes
backporting
kernels more difficult. This is part of the reason that you
aren't seeing
the new kernels appear in older releases as soon as they
used to.
There is long discussion related to this about how the
nouveau abi change
makes it hard to switch kernels on the linux kernel mailing
list.
--
I see that *JUST RECENTLY* there was a 2.6.32.9.X-fc12 kernel being released to test out.
ON rawhide there is a 2.6.34.rc1? kernel. For Fedora stable, *IT IS TAKING TOO LONG* to
push the kernels. Hey those that say that Fedora is BLEEDING EDGE are now being denied
that claim. Slackware which is known for stability and NOT in the upgrade constantly
frenzy is at 2.6.33
olivares@darkstar:~$ uname -r
2.6.33-smp
olivares@darkstar:~$ cat /etc/slackware-version
Slackware 13.0.0.0.0
But to give you credit, where credit is due. Many users out there are having trouble
because of the noveau getting in the way of the nvidia drivers and this is causing lots of
headaches and *Fedora is doing the right thing* to wait and make sure that things work out
before releasing the kernels RIGHT?
On another note, due to the inability of Fedora to release a 2.6.32 kernel, I was on the
impression that IT was going to be SKIPPED to make way for 2.6.33 and its many
IMPROVEMENTS. Like John I will compile the new kernel as soon as I can and see if the
native nouveau just works because I could not go back to a previous 2.6.30 kernel that I
compiled because it(noveau) did not build and I did not want to use the nvidia driver just
yet.
Regards,
Antonio