Bug#416200: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686: Missing sk98lin module.
> From: Andrew Nady
> Newsgroups: gmane.linux.debian.devel.kernel
> Subject: Bug#416200: linux-image-2.6.18-4-686: Missing sk98lin module.
> Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2007 17:41:49 -0400
> Organization: Primary Support Systems Inc.
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> As mentioned before. In the older kernel (2.6.18-3), most likely due to
> conflict with skge, I had to blacklist skge than rmmod sk98lin and insmod
> sk98lin on each reboot to get the eth2 working.
> As of 2.6.18-4 this is no longer functioning.
skge here is too old, and maybe because of this
,-*- skge version 1.8+ -*-
| Stephen Hemminger [Sun, 24 Sep 2006 04:25:28 +0000 (21:25 -0700)]
|
| Add support for older fiber versions of the SysKonnect board.
| These chipsets use an internal PHY so they require special handling.
| The older sk98lin driver already supported these
|
| http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/jgarzik/netdev-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=64f6b64dfb8cdda21652f24a0fb0a68e2f0b0022
`-*-
it will not handle this chip. Maybe 'sk98lin' should be returned back?
Alternative is to backport changes to this in-rapid-development driver
from the upstream. If core subsystems aren't changed much, i think,
porting changes (not only bug fixes) to drivers isn't such a bad idea
with today's hardware and development style of linux-2.6. But this can
cause even more bugreports from (imho larger, than lkml) audience. Just
my opinion.
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