[arch-dev-public] 2.6.21-rc6-git2 please test!

Tom K tom at archlinux.org
Wed Apr 11 06:21:14 EDT 2007


Jason Chu wrote:
> On Mon, Apr 09, 2007 at 08:38:46PM +0200, Tobias Powalowski wrote:
>> Hi
>> just to inform all developers, the new kernel can be downloaded from this 
>> adress:
>> http://www.archlinux.org/~tpowa/2.6.21/
>> or as repo
>> [kernel]
>> http://www.archlinux.org/~tpowa/2.6.21/
>>
>> All developers that have modules and hardware are invited to test the already 
>> provided ones. 
>> I need your feedback on this task, to avoid broken modules in the future.
>> Only broken one is ivtv at the moment and i haven'T build the unstable 
>> modules. If you find a fix for ivtv don't hesitate to put it here.
>>
>> Known to work: fcpci,fcpcmcia,intel-536ep, nvidia-9x and nvidia-71x
> 
> I can verify that ipw3945 works.  My multimedia keys stopped working
> though... as did my sound, but I think that was an already existing problem
> (booting with headphones plugged in) because it happened when I rolled back
> to 2.6.20.6-4.
> 
> The more that 2.6.21 breaks the less I want to use it... I've now moved
> back to 2.6.20.6 for everyday usage.
> 
> Jason

I've rebuilt wlan-ng26 with the 2.6.20 patch that is currently in CVS 
(Rev 1.2) - I think you may still have the previous broken one, tpowa.

Package is here: 
http://www.archlinux.org/~tom/packages/wlan-ng26-0.2.7-6.pkg.tar.gz
PKGBUILD etc here:
http://www.archlinux.org/~tom/packages/wlan-ng26/

T.




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