[64studio-devel] Kernel doesn't support my ethernet card??

[tim hall]

Brian King wrote:
> I installed 64studio 2.0 and it said it couldn't find my ethernet 
> card....I proceeded with the install and it installed ok except no 
> ethernet for internet :-(
>
> I have a Ethernet controller: SysKonnect SK-9871 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 
> 1000Base-ZX Adapter, PCI64, Fiber ZX/SC (rev 10)
>
> I've had to drop back to the 2.6.19-1-multimedia-486 kernel which has 
> support for the above adaptor although when I installed 64studio 1.4 
> which used this kernel it too told me it didn't have support for it but 
> it worked.
>
> Not sure why the kernel has dropped support for this ethernet controller 
> but hope it'll get back in there in the next kernel release....
>
> Which leads me to ask, is this something the 64studio team has done or 
> is it something the kernel development team have done??
>   

Unfortunately these sort of annoyances are usually due to upstream 
changes, otherwise it would be relatively simple for Free to recompile 
the package with proper support for these devices. A kernel upgrade is 
certainly part of the plan for 2.0.

It can be worth considering rolling your own on the basis of the 
existing config if you know what the specific problem is. From a testing 
and development point of view, it is probably more useful to open a 
ticket for this and work around it as best you can.

Sorry to be so general, I expect most of the above is fairly obvious. ;) 
I have similar issues with support for USB wifi.

cheers,

tim
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