Bug#323289: The sk98lin driver does not work with the Intel 88e8050 Chip
tag 323289 +wontfix
priority 323289 wishlisth
thanks
On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 11:44:34PM +0200, Christoph Hellwig wrote:
> On Mon, Aug 15, 2005 at 02:15:29PM -0700, Allyn, MarkX A wrote:
> > Package: kernel-image-2.6.8-i386
> > Version: 2.6.8-16
> >
> > When I try to do a modprobe sk98lin on a system with
> > Debian stable (Sarge) that is equipped with an
> > Intel 88e8050 LAN Chip, I get an error messages
> > saying 'no such device'.
> >
> > I have tried this same system using another
> > operating system and I had no problem
> > accessing the device.
>
> That's a pretty sure indicator that this devices is not supported by
> the sk98lin driver. I don't think missing hardware support should
> be more than a wishlist bug.
Agreed.
MarkX, 2.6.8 is in maintenance mode for Sarge, and as a result
additional hardware support is, regerttably, pretty much out of the
question. Please consider trying the images supplied by linux-2.6
in sid. We are looking at making these available for Sarge,
but we haven't ironed out all the details yet.
--
Horms
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