Re: [Astlinux-users] Add drivers 0.4

[Kristian K. <kri...@gm...>]

On 3/14/07, Manuel <lis...@gm...> 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.
>
>
> Kristian & Darrick thanks for all your efforts to help me,
>
> --
> Manuel
>

Manuel,

  Dang.  I was hoping that would do it.  I guess that would have been too easy.

  It would be a lot of work to backport the full driver from 2.6.20.

  0.4 is the stable tree and I won't upgrade the kernel.  Do you have
any serious aversions to running 0.5 when it is released?

-- 
Kristian Kielhofner