Re: New Install
On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 08:19:38PM -0700, Steve Bowman wrote:
> Sorry to followup on my own post, but....
>
> On Sun, Sep 17, 2000 at 05:11:51PM -0700, Steve Bowman wrote:
> > Any other ideas, comments, questions? I think it's time to move on
> > to trying gnumach with a newer via-rhine driver (if it'll compile).
>
> Did a quick go at compiling gnumach. Built with no problems using
> the existing via-rhine.c using only: --enable-floppy --enable-ide
> --enable-viarhine . But it still doesn't work so it looks like it's not a
> driver conflict.
>
> Tried again with a via-rhine.c from linux-2.4.0-test1. Doesn't compile -
> I've updated 16 headers from the linux source tree so far and I've only
> pushed the first error down about a quarter of the way through the file.
That way lies madness. It makes much more sense to look at the latest 2.0.x
version of the driver, and probably 2.2.x as well, but do not blindy copy,
but check which parts could be relevant, and always take care not to suck in
interface changes.
Good luck,
Marcus
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