[arch-dev-public] Kernel 2.6.29 series moved to testing

[Allan McRae]

Daniel Isenmann wrote:
> On Wed, 25 Mar 2009 11:47:08 +0100
> Tobias Powalowski <t.powa at gmx.de> wrote:
>
>   
>> Hi
>> Changes:
>> http://kernelnewbies.org/LinuxChanges
>>
>> added this request:
>> http://bugs.archlinux.org/task/13486
>>
>> broken binary modules:
>> - aufs
>> - lirc
>> Please maintainers of those packages fix those.
>>
>> It seems the 2.6.29 kernel has a network issue, which will be fixed
>> in .29.1 http://article.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/811417
>> At the moment keep an downgrade kernel in your cache if you will be
>> affected by this bug.
>>     
>
> The new kernel runs perfectly on my system. I'm not affected by the
> network issue mentioned above. It looks like that NICs with a forcedeth
> chipset are affected. I have a Broadcom Corporation NetLink BCM5789
> Gigabit Ethernet card and it works like before. 
>
> Cheers,
>  Daniel
>   

Apart from the FPS in games going from ~50 to ~10, I have no issues 
(with an Intel 945GM).  Going to try KMS but I haven't had much success 
with that during the RC stage...

Allan