Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] IPTables NAT module broken in DL 1.2 ?

[Jasper S. <ja...@si...>]

The drivers in the kernel tarball itself are indeed not that update to date.
However, most major hardware vendors still provide 2.4 driver support. 

My case with an LSI SAS Controller (MPT drivers) is a good example of this;
They even have 2.2 driver support ! :-). I can confirm that everything works
really well on a brand new HP Proliant DL140 G4. It makes an excellent (and
cheap) gateway device.

Is it possible for me to submit a patch with the updated MPT drivers for DL,
or do you guys rather keep the kernel as Vanilla as possible ? It would
certainly come in handy for everyone who wants to install DL on a HP
Proliant, all SATA models use LSI controllers.

-----Original Message-----
From: dev...@li...
[mailto:dev...@li...] On Behalf Of
Heiko Zuerker
Sent: maandag 3 september 2007 22:43
To: dev...@li...
Subject: Re: [Devil-Linux-discuss] IPTables NAT module broken in DL 1.2 ?


On Mon, September 3, 2007 15:04, Jasper Siepkes wrote:
> Hmmmm...
>
>
> Well I'm going to use DL as a firewall/gateway (shorewall, *Swan, Squid,
> etc.). And IMHO 2.6 is more volatile then 2.4. Take this for example:
> http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1356 . Don't get me wrong; I use
> 2.6
> for plenty of production servers. But for the hub of my network I prefer
> 2.4. I want something rocksolid and I don't need any of the new features
> in 2.6. So I ask myself (and you guys :-) ) what is the gain for me ?
>
>
> Of course I could be terribly ignorant :) So please share any opinions
> you guys have on this subject.

I fully agree with you.
Our main problem which is coming up more and more is hardware
compatibility. The 2.4 Kernel is rock solid, but the drivers are getting a
little outdated.
Don't get me wrong, it'll be a while until we have DL 1.3 where we want
it, so 1.2 will be around for a little bit.

-- 

Regards
  Heiko Zuerker
  http://www.devil-linux.org



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