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Bug#332962: FWD: Re: tulip module no longer works on a500



----- Forwarded message from Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca> -----

From: Kyle McMartin <kyle@mcmartin.ca>
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 17:13:21 -0400
To: Grant Grundler <grundler@parisc-linux.org>
Cc: Joey Hess <joeyh@debian.org>, debian-hppa@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: tulip module no longer works on a500
User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i

On Sun, Oct 09, 2005 at 03:14:42PM -0600, Grant Grundler wrote:
> "AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet" are most certainly supported by acenic driver.
> I've submitted necessary driver fixes years ago and tested them.
> Can you try "modprobe acenic"?
>

Likely removed from Debian kernel because it contains non-free firmware.

A quick look at scripts/prune-non-free:
	FILES = %w{
        drivers/net/acenic.c
        drivers/net/acenic.h
        drivers/net/acenic_firmware.h

confirms this.

Cheers,
	Kyle 


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