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From: Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 2.6.30 gets no network
Date: Sun, 13 Sep 2009 16:03:07
Message-Id: 9acccfe50909130903q51228ee7w8ba7cbed27045f1f@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: Kernel 2.6.30 gets no network by Dirk Heinrichs
1 On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 4:36 AM, Dirk Heinrichs <dirk.heinrichs@××××××.de>wrote:
2
3 > Am Sonntag 13 September 2009 13:04:37 schrieb Arttu V.:
4 > > On 9/13/09, Nikos Chantziaras <realnc@×××××.de> wrote:
5 > > > On 09/13/2009 01:48 PM, Kevin O'Gorman wrote:
6 > > >> On Sun, Sep 13, 2009 at 3:42 AM, Kevin O'Gorman <kogorman@×××××.com
7 > > >> <mailto:kogorman@×××××.com>> wrote:
8 > > >> Umm. I just looked at the .config files, and it appears the
9 > interfaces
10 > > >> are supported by the config option CONFIG_EEPRO100=y
11 > > >> which is not even present in the 2.6.30 file. Eeeek! Is my system now
12 > > >> unsupportable?
13 > > >
14 > > > It's CONFIG_E100:
15 > > >
16 > > Yes, a different(?) driver is to be used apparently (code duplication
17 > > reductions?):
18 > >
19 > > "e100: add support for 82552 10/100 adapter"
20 >
21 > Yep. It's these kind of changes that make me go through make menuconfig
22 > once
23 > after major version upgrades.
24 >
25 > BTW: There's no need for "make oldconfig" in this case.
26 >
27 > Maybe things have changed since the dark ages when I started using Gentoo.
28 Back then, occasional mayhem would ensue if you tried using an old .config.
29 Sometimes. So I'm keeping this habit -- it also gives me a heads-up about
30 new features.
31
32
33 > Bye...
34 >
35 > Dirk
36 >
37 >
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40 --
41 Kevin O'Gorman, PhD