On Sun, Apr 03, 2011 at 03:05:38PM -0300, Otavio Salvador wrote: > On Sun, Apr 3, 2011 at 11:03, Jurij Smakov <[email protected]> wrote: > > I have now come up with a set of changes which implements it, see the > > attached patch. I've tested it on my sparc box with a 2.6.38 netboot > > image, with both regular and serial console. > > Why do you want to provide compatibility with older kernels? I'd say > to use to update d-i to 2.6.38 and remove backward compatibility with > older kernel since for linux we will release with >= 2.6.38 so no > reason to support previous kernels. > > We just need to be sure to make it clear on commit and changelog.
Out of fear to break something, mostly. For example, I have no idea whether any derivative distributions currently rely on this working for older kernels. Best regards, -- Jurij Smakov [email protected] Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected] Archive: http://lists.debian.org/[email protected]
