[PlanetCCRMA] Network driver problem - RH 8.0 fails but RH 7.3 works...

Mark Knecht markknecht@attbi.com
Mon Mar 17 21:41:00 2003


When you say 'the latest kernel' do you mean the 2.4.20 one that you are
working on? If so, I will give it a try.

Thanks,
Mark

On Mon, 2003-03-17 at 21:33, Fernando Pablo Lopez-Lezcano wrote:
> > > kernel and associated kernel modules. I have to rebuild the kernel and
> > > drivers under gcc3.2 for 8 but I also want to (at the same time) update
> > > to a newer kernel and redo the structure of the repository... maybe I
> > > should not be that ambitious. 
> >
> > Yes, it sounds like a lot to do. OF course, if I _knew_ that it would
> > allow me to make my drives faster, then I'd lobby you a bit more. How
> > can I determine if this specific chip set is supported in 2.4.20? Maybe
> > it's a 2.5.X device or something?
> > 
> > Here's the specifics:
> > 
> > [root@Wizard root]# lspci
> > 00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8367 [KT266]
> > 00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8367 [KT333 AGP]
> > 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation: Unknown device 4401
> > (rev 01)
> > 00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
> > 00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
> > 00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 80)
> > 00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 82)
> > 00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233A ISA Bridge
> > 00:11.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT82C586B PIPC Bus Master
> > IDE (rev 06)
> 
> My config file for the latest kernel I'm running says:
> 
> CONFIG_BLK_DEV_VIA82CXXX=y
> 
> So I would assume it supports the ide controller you have. 
> Nothin like testing to really know :-)
> -- Fernando
> 
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