[RFC] Moving Intrepid to 2.6.27 kernel

Alexander Sack asac at ubuntu.com
Fri Aug 22 09:55:25 BST 2008


On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 04:02:47PM -0400, Ben Collins wrote:
> As many of you know, we've continued a tree called ubuntu-next which is
> currently following 2.6.27 upstream kernel. It has been kept in sync
> with intrepid's 2.6.26 based kernel tree.
> 
> In recent weeks it has become apparent that we will need several updates
> to 2.6.26 in order to have a stable kernel for 8.10. These include:
> 
>  * Updated mac80211, which will require updated wlan drivers in order 
>    to fix major regressions with suspend/resume and wlan devices.

Improvements on the wireless front are highly appreciated!

 - Alexander




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