On Fri, Feb 27, 2009 at 1:08 PM, Karanbir Singh <mail-lists at karan.org> wrote: > Yes, if there is no support in the mainline kernel there should be an > effort to make that happen. However, keep in mind that the linux driver > project guys working with the kernel.org kernel - thats something which > wont make it into CentOS for another 3 years or so. I am not sure this is an accurate figure because... > > I guess one option thats always available is to get the driver into > mainline, then backport and manage just that one tree in/for CentOS. ...which is, AFAIK, what the guys working on the distribution which is upstream for CentOS do during the first 4 years of the product lifecycle. In other words, we should be now in the phase called "Production 1" here: https://www.redhat.com/security/updates/errata/ and I'd expect new backported drivers to be added regularly on each kernel update, at least until March 31, 2011 Anyway, welcome back :) -- Gianluca Sforna http://morefedora.blogspot.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/gianlucasforna