Hi, On Mon, Sep 17, 2012 at 5:16 PM, Thomas Backlund <[email protected]> wrote: > Jehan Pagès skrev 16.9.2012 21:20: > >> Hi, >> >> I have a question. Is there a reason why the Real Time version of the >> kernel is always under the desktop version? >> I just checked and installed both the last desktop kernel and rt >> kernel from Cauldron here: >> >> ftp://mirrors.kernel.org/mageia/distrib/cauldron/x86_64/media/core/release/ >> Kernel desktop is 3.5.3 but Real Time is 3.4.9. >> > > That's because upstream -rt project is only tracking -longterm kernels > > so currently 3.0, 3.2 and 3.4 > > https://rt.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/Main_Page >
I see. That's interesting. I have some reading to do on this wiki. :-) > >> My main problem is that the support of the Wacom Intuos 5 tablet >> exists only since the Kernel 3.5. I just tested on Mageia 2 (normal >> one, I only installed the new kernels from Cauldron). It works with >> the desktop kernel 3.5.3, not with the 3.4.9 rt kernel. > > > Well, Mga2 will get upgraded to 3.4 longterm kernel soon, so maybe > we should look into backporting the Intuos 5 tablet support to > 3.4 series... then I could add it to the -rt kernel too. That would be awesome. I checked the diff of the 3.5 kernel, and grep-ed for intuos 5 code, there does not seem to be *that* much. If ever you do it, a big big thank you! > >> So that would be nice to support a 3.5 real time kernel in Mageia 3. :-) > > > Well, there is no decision what the release kernel for mga3 will be yet, > but I assume something like 3.7-3.9... depending of upstream kernel.org > releases... and no idea what version -rt will support by then.... I see. If the desktop is a 3.7, I guess the rt would be at least 3.5... hopefully. Anyway if you were to upgrade Mga2 to 3.4 with backported Intuos 5, that would already be the must-of. Intuos 5 has been out for like 6 month, and most people on most distribution probably think that there is still no Linux support, whereas in fact it is already pretty well supported! I am playing with it since yesterday and that all works well until now. Thanks for the answer and the information. Jehan > > -- > Thomas > > > >
