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On 29/09/06, Ryan Sims <rwsims@×××××.com> wrote: |
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> I'm looking at upgrading to a Core 2 Duo system, and looking at the |
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> Asus P5B series of motherboards. I've found a couple forum posts |
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> (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-494387-highlight-p965.html and |
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> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-498160-highlight-p965.html) that |
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> seem to indicate troubles with JMicron support in kernels. Is this |
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> something I should be concerned about? The forum discussions seem to |
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> indicate that the problem is unresolved, indicating to me that I |
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> should look elsewhere for motherboards. |
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I'm running gentoo on exactly this setup. There was some trouble with |
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support for the controller prior to 2.6.18, however it all works just |
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fine if you use the "all-generic-ide irqpoll" boot parameters. |
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Another issue you might run into is getting the onboard RTL8168 |
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ethernet controller working. There is no in-kernel driver for this |
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thing. I managed to get the vendor-supplied driver compiling, but |
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isn't working correctly for me (it seems to be transmitting packets |
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fine but not receiving anything). I've not looked into it much since |
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there seems to be in-kernel support coming soon and I've got another |
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ethernet controller card to use in the meantime. There are also lots |
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of reports from people getting it working successfully, so it may just |
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be something stupid I'm doing. |
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> Ryan W Sims |
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Cheers, |
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Duane. |
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