On Sat, 2013-09-28 at 16:22 +0200, Vincent Blut wrote: > Package: src:linux > Version: 3.2.46-1+deb7u1 > Severity: wishlist > > Hi, > > I'd like to know if it'd be doable to backport the following patch > in Linux 3.2 in order to add support for the last Intel wireless > series.
It is not possible to cherry-pick these patches as there have been many other changes to the driver after Linux 3.2. > commit 99cd471423991fe9ba011e8948cdea95f5432338 > iwlwifi: add 7000 series device configuration > > commit 93fc64114b994f9ef6901697f9b0de00762680e9 > iwlwifi: add new 7260 and 3160 series device IDs (it also add device > configuration) > > commit a2d0909a687b4d250cc2b7481072e361678745ba > iwlwifi: bump required firmware API version for 3160/7260 (will need > firmware-iwlwifi ⩾ 0.40) > > commit 3b1995ad83709ac2e1e86c99b37d5ba9ce410f56 > iwlwifi: Kconfig: fix help texts wrt 7260 and 3160 devices (might be > useful for people building from sources, but probably not suitable for a > stable release ‽) > > If you accept my request for Debian 7.3 (or later), do you intend to use > iwlwifi from the compat-drivers project? If so I can start to test how > do they behave on Linux 3.2 right now. Yes, I do intend to work on integrating the compat-drivers project into future stable updates. Ben. -- Ben Hutchings The world is coming to an end. Please log off.
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