Hi kernel 2.6.19 series is now in testing, it will be the kernel series for 0.8 release so please test this stuff well before it can go into current repository.
Changes:
- new IDE/ATA subsystem more details below:
The new kernel introduces the new ata/pata subsystem,
- PATA/IDE SUPPORT IS EXPERIMENTAL!
- you need to change from ide hook to pata in /etc/mkinitcpio.conf
HOOKS=
- don' forget to rebuild your initrd image after this modification
- Name scheming changes:
your device nodes in /dev change then from hd? to sd?
-> update your root=/dev/hd? GRUB/LILO entries
-> FSTAB needs to be modified, change all /dev/hd? entries
- Examples:
/dev/hda3 --> /dev/sda3
/dev/hdc8 --> /dev/sdc8
- at the moment it's experimental only activate it
if you know how to rescue the system if something goes wrong!
- Recent Changes:
Upstream Changes: http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_2_6_19
- NVIDIA users, the testing nvidia packages are known to cause problems:
Download 1.8xx series:
http://www.archlinux.org/~tpowa/2.6.19/nvidia-1.0.8776-2.pkg.tar.gz
have fun and report bugs:
http://bugs.archlinux.org
thanks
greetings
tpowa
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Tobias Powalowski
Archlinux Developer & Package Maintainer (tpowa)
http://www.archlinux.org
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