Re: sk98lin doesn't work on EM64T
Sebastian Haase <haase@msg.ucsf.edu> writes:
>> It did not auto-detect the network card. But then I selected sk98lin from
>> the list that popped up and hurray, now I'm online ! (seems the driver
>> works!)
Ah, right, the autodetection code uses a hardcoded map from hardware
IDs to drivers that doesn't include all the IDs the new driver
supports.
>> What is Ubuntu anyway ? Sofar it looks all like normal debian ...
Ubuntu is a Debian-based distribution that I used as a stepping stone;
however, there should be only minimal traces on the install media, and
none on the resulting system.
> Hah, going further in the install, when it makes me to choose a kernel I'm
> pretty much back to my original choice between 2.6.8-11 kernels. And then
> after reboot , same "device not found "!
At the time, I'm pretty sure I managed to install the 2.6.8-10
packages I had on the CD, but I could be misremembering. Anyway, I'm
glad you got it to work, and sorry it still wasn't as straightforward
as it could have been.
> Thanks everybody ! And, Aaron, keep that iso file around !! (Or
> actually just the sk98lin.ko would do (223k in size))
Don't worry, I plan to keep it around as long as it fills a niche.
--
Aaron M. Ucko, KB1CJC (amu at alum.mit.edu, ucko at debian.org)
Finger amu@monk.mit.edu (NOT a valid e-mail address) for more info.
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