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Re: linux-kernel-di-amd64-2.6 divergence



Joey Hess wrote:
> In nic-extra-modules, the amd64 package diverges from kernel-wedge by
> not including these modules:
> 
> smc-ultra tlan ne ne2 ni5010 ni52 ni65 lne390 lp486e ibmtr lance hp-plus
> eepro e2100 82596 ac3200 at1700 cs89x0 depca 3c501 3c503 3c505 3c507 3c509
> 3c515 3c523 3c527 eexpress es3210 eth16i ewrk3 smc-ultra32 smc-9194
> 
> I assume that some of these are ISA or other old modules not suitable
> for amd64. Are all of them?

Yes.

> It also diverges from linux-kernel-di-ia64-2.6 by not including these
> modules were were added in the 2.6 kernel series:
> 
> arlan defxx hp ne3210 s2io wavelan wd znet bnx2 sky2
> 
> Are any of these actually not available on amd64?

Yes, arlan, hp, ne3210, wavelan, wd, znet are not available there, but
defxx, s2io, bnx2, sky2 are and were being left out. This is fixed in
svn.

> Any of them available but not actually useful?

-- 
see shy jo

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