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Bug#450836: installation-reports: Does not allow ethernet over firewire



Hello Maximilian,
On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 01:24:32PM +0100, maximilian attems wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 12:53:31PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote:
> > On Thursday 15 November 2007, Frans Pop wrote:
> > It looks as if the new stack just does not have any Ethernet support (yet?).
> > I also no longer have a firewire Ethernet device on my x86_64 system.
> > 
> > This is confirmed on:
> > http://wiki.linux1394.org/JujuMigration
> > 
> > That same page lists several issues with the new stack when compared to the 
> > old one and also has the following recommendation:
> > ! <!> Regarding Linux 2.6.22 and 2.6.23, the best advice to Linux
> > ! distributors (kernel packagers) as well as to regular users is: Build only
> > ! the old IEEE 1394 drivers.
> > 
> > Please activate the old stack again.
> 
> the new stack is very promising,
> we will reconsider later if no eth1394 shows up,
> for now that's just a minor regression.

Well, for *me* at least this is not minor, because it means I need to
rebuild the kernel before I can start installing, as I've currently
only have a spare firewire cable (which I frequently used with
various kernels already). 

At which state do you reconsider eth1394 support? Given that the
developer of this module is a DD I hope this happens soon.

> see discussions on d-kernel,
> nobody spoke up when the anncouncement about missing eth1394 was declared.

It would be kind if you could announce this a little more prominently
(e.g. on http://www.debian.org/devel/debian-installer/ ) as I do not
read d-kernel.

Thanks!

Greetings

        Helge
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