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On Saturday, 4 February 2006 19:07, Duncan wrote: |
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> Thierry de Coulon posted <200602041215.47311.tcoulon@××××××××.ch>, |
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> excerpted below, on Sat, 04 Feb 2006 12:15:47 +0000: |
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> > So, I've build my new Opteron system ad am - well, was - installing |
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> > Gentoo. The board is a Tyan k8w and has an onboard network card that is |
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> > accessed using the e1000 driver. |
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> I see you've solved your problem, but for future reference... |
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> Evidently, Tyan has at least two "k8w" boards. I don't remember the model |
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> number for the one you have, but mine is the s2885, dual Opteron, but |
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> using the tg3 network driver, not the e1000 you say yours uses. |
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> So, to avoid confusion in the future, consider identifying your board by |
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> make (Tyan) and model number (sXXXX or whatever), rather than model name. |
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> Model name can be added if desired, but without the model number, it's |
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> ambiguous. |
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Thanks for your hint, I didn't know. My board is sold as S2875ANRF |
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Thierry |
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The problem with the world is stupidity. Not saying there should be a |
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capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the |
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safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself? |
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Frank Zappa |
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