On Sat, Dec 28, 2002 at 12:25:13AM -0500, Reaz Baksh wrote: > Hello > > Can someone please help me with these questions? > > > > -I have Debian 3.0 running on a dual PIII Compaq. Does Debian recognize > and utilize both CPUs? Is there a way I can check that Debian does use > the two chips? Install an SMP kernel. kernel-image-2.4.18-686smp should work, or build one with SMP support enabled. > -I'm trying to install a SFA110A, SohoWhare, NIC card with the > MX98713AFC chip and have it work through DHCP. When I install the card > and do a lspci, it shows up as an Ethernet card with the correct chip. I > downloaded the source drivers from SOHOWhare which is I believe listed > for Red Hat. The instructions said that if I don't have the directory Why? Is it supported by mainline kernels or not? > '/usr/src/linux-2.4.2/' on my system I have to upgrade. I tried That's not going to work, and 2.4.2 was a thoroughly icky kernel anyhow. > upgrading the Kernel to 2.4.20 using make-kpkg but when I boot using > that kernel version it can't find a whole set of modules. How do I add Either run 'update-modules' or fix your kernel image. > this driver to the Debian system? I'm using Kernel 2.4.18-bf24. Just install a real Debian kernel. apt-get install the kernel image I mentioned above. Find out if mainline kernels support this card before you start messing around with downloading drivers. -rob
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