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Re: install net drivers



Dave Miller wrote:
>From: Jurij Smakov <jurij@wooyd.org>
>Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 09:26:10 +0000
>
>> On Sun, Mar 20, 2011 at 10:05:11PM -0700, David Miller wrote:
>>> 
>>> Please add CONFIG_NIU to the network drivers provided on the network
>>> install image.
>>> 
>>> Installations on several Niagara variants is not possible without
>>> this.
>> 
>> This was reported as http://bugs.debian.org/608516, and is fixed in 
>> 6.0.1 images (I've just verified that netinst image contains
>> 
>> /lib/modules/2.6.32-5-sparc64/kernel/drivers/net/niu.ko
>> 
>> in the nic-modules-2.6.32-5-sparc64-di_1.64+squeeze1_sparc.udeb).
>
>That's great.
>
>I must have had a 6.0 image.

There was also a bug in the script generating the small CDs (such as
the netinst) for 6.0.1, meaning you might have seen this problem in a
6.0.1 image. After that was fixed, rebuilt 6.0.1a images have been
produced and distributed as replacements.

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