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On Wed, 26 Mar 2008 02:09:19 +0200, Alan McKinnon wrote: |
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> I can't remember a single ethernet device in the last several years |
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> that wasn't fully supported and JustWorked(tm) straight out the box on |
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> any old arb Linux system. |
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When I bought my Asus P5B-E board last year, the drivers for the Attansic |
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L1 gigabit NIC hadn't made it into the kernel and no live CD would enable |
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it. I ended up putting a spare PCI NIC in to install Gentoo, then |
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patching the kernel to enable the on-board one. |
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It appeared in the next kernel release, so is not problem now, but that |
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was less than a year ago. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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Why do they lock gas station bathrooms? Are they afraid someone will |
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clean them? |
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