2010-05-26
Kernel 2.6.34 in testing and now split
There were 2.6.34 kernels in testing for some time now but it now is worth mentioning that we followed along the split of packages with pkgrel 3 into: kernel, headers, manpages, firmware and docs. In theory this shouldn't introduce problems to the upgrade procedure.
Danimoth and I have spotted issues with framebuffer handling though. It seems as if on some machines it's now absolutely necessary to add "video=ofonly" to the kernel's append line in yaboot.conf. If you are unsure if you're affected, simply try to reboot and if your machine looks like it hangs, reset and instead use one of your yaboot configurations and add it there.
We also enabled PATA for 32bit kernels which means you need to migrate your configuration to use /dev/sd? instead of /dev/hd?. This is by far the most important change. 64bit won't be affected by this.
As always, feel free to consult our user ML for advice.