#43 Updated NIC drivers

[Anonymous]

When we boot to the latest kernel image on the .23 CD, G4L does not recognize the NIC on our Dell Optiplex 755 Towers. Was just wondering if you could incorporate the latest drivers for Dell Optiplexes in the next release.

By the way this product is absolutely wonderful and makes ghosting a breeze!

[Michael Setzer II]

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ftp://amd64gcc.dyndns.org/g4l-24alpha3.iso
Has updated kernels up to 2.6.24 rc6 git 9
See if that supports your hardware.

[Wayne Zimmerman]

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I can confirm that the Dell Optiplex 755 hardware is detected correctly using the updated 2.6.24 rc6 git 9 kernel.

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Intel e1000 would be nice too..

[Michael Setzer II]

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The e1000 has been included for some time, and these dell had a newer version of the e1000 chipset that didn't work with the older linux e1000 driver. The git version, and the later release 2.6.24 seem to now support this version as well as the earlier ones as far as I know. I have a system with an older e1000 card, and it has worked with no problem.

[Michael Setzer II]

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This is a process of building new kernels with updated drivers, and 0.25 has the latest at the time it was released.