Re: linux >= 2.6.18 kernel with aranym ethernet support?
> > I use 2.6.18.dfsg.1-12 from etch-m68k. I haven't gotten it to work right
> > from an initrd (some sort of framebuffer thing), but it works fine
> > booting a disk image. I haven't had success with the 2.6.21 kernels:
> > 2.6.21-1-02 doesn't have ethernet and 04 hangs at scsi probing.
>
> Excellent! I just got the official etch-m68k kernel and it booted fine.
> The aranym ethernet support works fine too. Is it in upstream or in the
> Debian patch ?
That's in the Debian patch. Re: 2.6.21: I reported the reason for the SCSI
probe hang to Geert and Christian (bad patch to clear IDE warnings re:
Falcon locking) so that should be fixed in one of the next versions.
> Unfortunately network performance are not good compared to 2.4.27.
> It seems that the kernel stays idle instead of processing packets.
You mean it's dropping packets outright? Do you get retransmits on the
host side?
Michael
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