README: Supported platforms: add kernel version and Debian details #35
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| ## Supported OSes | ||
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| Linux kernel v4.13.0 or later is required. | ||
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| - Debian 9.0 (stretch) - [package status / QA page](https://packages.qa.debian.org/thunderbolt-tools) - [bug reports](https://bugs.debian.org/src:thunderbolt-tools) | ||
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There was a problem hiding this comment. First, thanks for adding it! Until now, the 'Supported OSes' used to tell which distro we know this to be compiled and installed correctly on (and preferably, testing it on).
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There was a problem hiding this comment. To become an official package in Ubuntu, it has to go through Debian anyway, even Ubuntu's official documentation says that. So when people get it from Ubuntu in future, most of them won't be downloading from Github, they'll be installing the package that has gone through Debian into Ubuntu. When something is in Debian, any unit tests you include are automatically run each time it is (re)compiled and you can see the build logs, including unit test output, on the build farm Have you had any direct communication with Colin and Kamal, the maintainers of the Debian package or any other Debian developers? |
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| - Ubuntu* 16.04 and 17.04 | ||
| - Fedora* 26 | ||
| - Clear Linux* | ||
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Just realized that this sentence is too restrictive.
This is true for the upstream ('vanilla') kernel, but distros may backport the driver to previous kernel versions.
Maybe something like
The required Linux kernel driver was upstreamed in v4.13? Makes sense? Too much technical?There was a problem hiding this comment.
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Maybe it could say "Linux kernel v4.13.0 includes the necessary hardware driver. If using an older kernel then the standalone Thunderbolt driver version X.Y.Z or later needs to be installed as a module."
That should probably include a link to the driver too. Does it seem accurate?