Hi, On Sat, 14 May 2005, Gjermund Skogstad wrote:
> AFAIK Linux supports loading of "foreign-compiled" kernel modules as > long as they are built on the same exact version of kernel source, and this > was supported from 2.4 upwards? Sorry, I understand. However, supposing for the sake of argument that I wanted a SATA driver for the woody installer, how easy is it to backport drivers like this to 2.4.18? I guess perhaps that's an extreme case but in general how difficult is it to backport recent drivers to an older kernel? > > - video card support (probably) > Same goes for this one ... This is much easier of course as the driver isn't required during the installation process. Gavin -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
