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

[Roman Kyrylych]

2007/4/18, Aaron Griffin <aaronmgriffin at gmail.com>:
> On 4/11/07, Tom K <tom at archlinux.org> wrote:
> > 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/
>
> Perhaps it's related to the recent alsa upgrade, but my sound seems to
> work for a few minutes every boot, then stops - I haven't had much
> time to fiddle with it, but it's an intel hda card.
>
> I can look into it more later.
>
> Quick question - how long before 2.6.21 is released? I was holding on
> the ndiswrapper upgrades because I expected the new kernel to come
> out, but I don't know if I should just upgrade ndiswrapper for .20
> right now

2.6.21 will be released really soon.
AFAIK rc7 is the last RC before final.

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Roman Kyrylych (Роман Кирилич)