> [...] > What I want to know is what kinds of problems I might experience when I > move to a 'free' kernel? Are these problems easily discoverable when I > switch? I'm most concerned about two possibilities - my system becomes > inoperable due to some dependency on binary firmware; or the absence of > the firmware introduces some subtle change that may cause headaches > without providing a clear indication that the lack of firmware is the > source of the problem.
By "free" are you meaning a kernel you have compiled for yourself from source? In that case, you would include any needed modules and add the firmware for your hardware. You don't mean a pre-compiled kernel from some other distro do you, there might/could be important differences with that and which could potentially cause you problems. > [...] > ps. I'm running Squeeze on a Thinkpad R60, but I'm interested in the > general case as well. People running testing are supposed to be more advanced than needing to ask this question. No offence meant but I think that is especially true this soon after a stable release, when "testing" isn't close to a release candidate. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
