Hello dann, On Sun, Jul 26, 2009 at 4:04 PM, dann frazier<da...@debian.org> wrote: > The bnx2x driver was disabled in lenny due to its use of non-free > firmware. I have put together a patch that would reenable this driver > in lenny's 2.6.26 kernel, making use of the firmware split-out patch > that has gone upstream in Linux 2.6.31-rc releases (and is currently > in use in the linux-2.6 2.6.30 packages in sid).
Really good news :-) > I'd like to see if we can enable the use of this driver in 5.0.3. > As far as I can tell, the necessary steps would be: > > - Update the kernel (obviously) - planned for a p-u upload this week > - Backport the necessary changes for firmware-nonfree from sid to add > the firmware-bnx2x package > - Update kernel-wedge/stable to include bnx2x if available (are there > space issues here?) The space usage is neglitable and I think it can be done with a very small risk of regressions. Be sure to use the kernel-wedge of lenny for building it since we've changed kernel-wedge a lot during the 2.6.30 migration and it is not suitable for the lenny usage. > - Update d-i in 5.0.3 to incorporate this driver Yes, you got the picture right. I offer help if required. Cheers, -- Otavio Salvador O.S. Systems E-mail: ota...@ossystems.com.br http://www.ossystems.com.br Mobile: +55 53 9981-7854 http://projetos.ossystems.com.br -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-release-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
