2001-02-21 14:21:23

by Gabi Davar

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Subject: Linux 2.0.x Questions

Hello I have two questions regarding Linux 2.0.x

1. Did anybody tried running Linux 2.0.x on the Intel i840 chipset based
boards?

2. Does anybody knows of a 2.0.x driver for Intel's 82543GC Gigabit Ethernet
MAC (aka e1000) ?

Thanks in advance,

Best regards,
Gabi Davar
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2001-02-22 23:35:43

by Mike Fedyk

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Subject: Re: Linux 2.0.x Questions

Gabi Davar wrote:
>
> Hello I have two questions regarding Linux 2.0.x
>
> 1. Did anybody tried running Linux 2.0.x on the Intel i840 chipset based
> boards?
>
> 2. Does anybody knows of a 2.0.x driver for Intel's 82543GC Gigabit Ethernet
> MAC (aka e1000) ?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Best regards,
> Gabi Davar
What are your reasons with staying on the 2.0 kernel series?

You probably won't find very many 2.0 users here anymore. Did you contact the
2.0 maintainer?

2001-02-23 00:16:26

by David Weinehall

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Subject: Re: Linux 2.0.x Questions

On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 03:35:12PM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> Gabi Davar wrote:
> >
> > Hello I have two questions regarding Linux 2.0.x
> >
> > 1. Did anybody tried running Linux 2.0.x on the Intel i840 chipset based
> > boards?
> >
> > 2. Does anybody knows of a 2.0.x driver for Intel's 82543GC Gigabit
> > Ethernet MAC (aka e1000) ?
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Gabi Davar
> What are your reasons with staying on the 2.0 kernel series?
>
> You probably won't find very many 2.0 users here anymore. Did you contact
> the 2.0 maintainer?

No, he didn't, but I do read LKML. I've been searching around a little
(not much yet; I've been busy) for evidence of people using the
i840 with v2.0.xx, but have so far found none. I can't see any reason
why it shouldn't work, however.

The Gigabit 82543GC, on the other hand, is probably something that you'll
have to get a newer kernel to be able to use (unless Intel has released
a driver for it that they haven't submitted to me; the only Gigabit
driver in v2.0.39 is, if I remember correctly, yellowfin.)


/David Weinehall, maintainer of v2.0.xx
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