Bug#608516: T2+ sparc machines need niu network driver
On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 06:42:49PM +0000, Miguel Figueiredo wrote:
> Hi,
>
> added niu module to sparc64.
> This needs to be reviewed.
I believe you need to add it to linux-kernel-di-sparc-2.6 as well (for
which this bug was filed). linux-kernel-di-sparc64-2.6 which your
patch affects is for sparc64 port (64-bit userspace and kernel)
which is not going to be released with squeeze (yes, it's confusing
:-).
Best regards,
>
> Sex, 2010-12-31 às 18:16 +0000, Jurij Smakov escreveu:
> > Package: linux-kernel-di-sparc-2.6
> > Version: 1.64
> > Severity: wishlist
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > As recently reported on the debian-sparc mailing list [0], network is
> > not automatically configured during installation on the latest
> > generation of Sparc boxes with T2+ CPU. Apparently, they use niu.ko
> > network driver, which is available in kernel packages, but not in d-i.
> > Please add it to the list of network drivers included in udebs on
> > sparc.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > [0] http://lists.debian.org/debian-sparc/2010/12/msg00011.html
> > --
> > Jurij Smakov jurij@wooyd.org
> > Key: http://www.wooyd.org/pgpkey/ KeyID: C99E03CC
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards,
>
> Miguel Figueiredo
> http://www.DebianPT.org
> Index: packages/kernel/linux-kernel-di-sparc64-2.6/modules/sparc64/nic-modules
> ===================================================================
> --- packages/kernel/linux-kernel-di-sparc64-2.6/modules/sparc64/nic-modules (revision 66169)
> +++ packages/kernel/linux-kernel-di-sparc64-2.6/modules/sparc64/nic-modules (working copy)
> @@ -39,6 +39,7 @@
> uli526x
> qla3xxx
> atl1
> +niu
>
> # Support for virtual network devices under Sun Logical Domains.
> sunvnet ?
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