[elrepo] Backporting xhci_hcd USB 3.0 driver

[Nikki Locke]

Dag Wieers wrote:
> It is quite unlikely that backporting this driver is feasible as the 
> changes for the USB 3.0 driver touched too much of the kernel to make it 
> possible. (And backporting a driver is strictly restricted to the module 
> itself, as we rely on RHEL's kernel).
> 
> In the unlikely case that you succeed in backporting this driver to a RHEL 
> kernel, we might build and package it and provide it through ELRepo for 
> others to use.
> 
> Another option, which may not be a good solution, is to use a recent 
> 2.6.35 or 2.6.36 kernel instead. But ELRepo only provides those kernel 
> without any support and so the responsibility is yours, and only yours if 
> it breaks something or corrupts your data.

Thanks for the information. Looks like my best line of attack is to
continue to try to get my graphics drivers working with the recent el 
repo kernel, then.

I will have another go when I'm feeling stronger!

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