Re: [Astlinux-users] Add drivers 0.4

[Darrick H. <dha...@dj...>]

Manuel wrote:
> Kristian,
>
> Your patch not Works. When system boot the NIC is detected but DHCP fail to
> get an IP address. I have put a static IP and tried to make a ping. I see
> leds in NIC and switch flashing but not receive any packet. I don’t known
> where is the problem but following your patch I have compared de 2 r8169.c
> files from trunk and 0.4. I have seen many different and I have make a patch
> to include all the changes. When try to compile in 0.4 give some errors and
> not compile de module. I don’t know what will be my next step. This night
> it's possible I try again with trunk.
>
> Darrick,
> If you like you can remove the patch from svn or make an image including it,
> what you prefer.
>   
Sounds like the changes involve more than just the PCI-id for the 
device. Unfortunately that means it won't be supported on 0.4.5. I'll 
talk with Kristian and decide if we're going to upgrade the kernel in 
0.4 or just maintain it as a security fix branch. If he's anticipating a 
0.5 release in the next month or so, I'm not going to bother upgrading 
the kernel on 0.4. If it's going to be longer, I'll take a look at it, 
but it's going to be a few weeks.

Darrick

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