Bug#259350: kernel-image-2.6.7-powerpc: internal eth0 not detected (bmac module)

[Jens Schmalzing <j.s@lmu.de>]

Hi,

Bernhard Reiter writes:

> > Bernhard, what module discovering package have you installed ? 
> 
> ii  discover       1.5-2          hardware identification system
> ii  discover-data  2.2004.05.03-4 Data lists for Discover hardware detection s
> un  discover1-data <none>         (no description available)
> 
> ii  hotplug        0.0.20040329-8 Linux Hotplug Scripts
> 
> Both have new versions available as I see now.

Upgrade discover, and if your problem persists file a bug against it.

> I would have expected the kernel to have dependencies if they are needed.

They are not needed, since it is perfectly reasonable to load modules
by other means, such as putting them into /etc/modules.  The
kernel-image package recommends hotplug already, I will also add
discover.

Regards, Jens.

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