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Re: sun blade 1500 install



On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 23:48:55 +0200
stappers@stappers.nl (Geert Stappers) wrote:

> > short answer why this approach fails:   the boot image does not seem to
> > contain support for the network interface (tg3).
> 
> Contact your hardware supplier
> (or better: demand GPL drivers before you buy)

Think before replying, please?

There is a fully open-source tg3 driver that supports the
sunblade1500 onboard ethernet.  The debian images just
don't have it added to the boot image.

I understand all of the issues with included firmware, but
that's been edited out of the debian kernel trees and it's
a no-brainer to add this driver to the sparc install images.



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