[elrepo] Announcement: EL5 Updated kernel-ml Release [Version 2.6.37-0.3.el5.elrepo]

[Nikki Locke]

Oh, great, another reason to drop Linux, and go back to Windows :-(
On 14 Feb 2011 22:03, "Phil Perry" <phil at elrepo.org> wrote:
> On 14/02/11 21:15, Steve Clark wrote:
>> On 02/14/2011 03:08 PM, Nikki Locke wrote:
>>> Oh rats! If I had know that, I probably wouldn't have started down
>>> this road.
>>>
>>> I guess I just have to finally give in, and accept that my brand new
>>> USB3.0 disk is not suitable for use on Linux, and I should install it
>>> on a Windows machine instead :-(
>>>
>>> Would you be able to explain the logic of el-repo kmod packages not
>>> supporting the el-repo kernels?
>>>
>>> Nikki
>>>
>>> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 6:51 PM, Phil Perry <phil at elrepo.org
>>> <mailto:phil at elrepo.org>> wrote:
>>>
>>> On 14/02/11 18:15, Nikki Locke wrote:
>>> > Akemi Yagi wrote:
>>> >> On Mon, Feb 14, 2011 at 12:30 AM, Nikki
>>> Locke<nikki at trumphurst.com <mailto:nikki at trumphurst.com>> wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >>> [root at woc ~]# yum --enablerepo=elrepo update kernel-ml
>>> kernel-ml-devel
>>> >>
>>> >> Please try with --enablerepo=elrepo-kernel (instead of =elrepo).
>>> >
>>> > Duh!
>>> >
>>> > Thanks - that's sorted it.
>>> >
>>> > Next question - will the el-repo fglrx load into the new kernel
>>> automatically
>>> > (I have it doing so on the stock kernel)?
>>> >
>>>
>>>
>>
>> If you are using kernel-ml-2.6.37-0.3.el5.elrepo.i686.rpm it should have
>> all the latest and
>> greatest drivers shouldn't it?
>>
>
> Yes to the USB3 drivers, but no for proprietary drivers such as those
> from ATI (fglrx) that Nikki was referring to.
>
> BTW, Akemi found an interesting thread on kerneltrap here between Sarah
> Sharp who wrote and maintains the xHCI driver (USB3) in the Linux kernel
> and Don Zickus who is a senior kernel engineer with Red Hat:
>
> http://kerneltrap.org/mailarchive/linux-usb/2010/7/16/6262852/thread
>
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