From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
Date: Thu, 28 Oct 2010 01:19:37 +0000
Subject: Re: load firmware for in-kernel driver
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On Wed, Oct 27, 2010 at 07:48:35PM +0200, Hr. Philip Rueegsegger wrote:
> >On 10/27/2010 11:23:57 AM, Hr. Philip Rueegsegger wrote:
> >>  You
> >> know, I'd 
> >> like to stick with the kernel source provided by Debian just because
> >> of security 
> >> updates.
> >
> >Use the newer kernel from backports.debian.org.
> 
> What about security updates? Are they delivered equally regularely as from the 
> stable tree? After a quick look on http://backports.debian.org I couldn't see an 
> answer to my question. Thanks.

Why would you ask this on the linux-hotplug list and not the debian
lists?

If you are sticking with an old, obsolete kernel version like you want
to, you really are on your own, OR you need to get support from your
distro, not the upstream community.

good luck,

greg k-h