natsemi driver with 2.2.20 vs 2.4.18 kernel?
Hi,
I'm a bit new at this...
I installed the 'vanilla' 3.0r0 Debian distribution (2.2.20 kernel)
on my machine, selecting the natsemi Ethernet driver for my NetGear
FA311 card. It works fine.
Then, I compiled the 2.4.18 kernel the Debian way, making sure to
select the natsemi driver in make xconfig. While dmesg shows:
natsemi.c:v1.07 1/9/2001 Written by Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
http://www.scyld.com/network/natsemi.html
(unofficial 2.4.x kernel port, version 1.07+LK1.0.14, Nov 27, 2001
Jeff Garzik, Tjeerd Mulder)
PCI: Enabling device 00:0f.0 (0104 -> 0107)
PCI: Found IRQ 3 for device 00:0f.0
PCI: Sharing IRQ 3 with 00:0e.2
eth0: NatSemi DP8381[56] at 0xe0800000, 00:09:5b:09:be:de, IRQ 3.
ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver.
and
eth0: link up.
...no network apps work (mozilla, ping, etc). When I boot back into
my 2.2.0 kernel, things are fine again.
Of course, this seems to suggest that I left something important out
of my 2.4.18 kernel. :) Any ideas?
You can see my dmesg for my 2.2.20 kernel as well as my 2.4.18 kernel
here:
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~eea1/dmesg_2_2_20.txt
http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~eea1/dmesg_2_4_18.txt
Also, it seems like in general the driver selector on a new Debian
installation is different than the one in make config/xconfig. Are
there any functional differences? Is one known to leave out things
the other doesn't?
Thanks,
Everett
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