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On 9/30/06, Duane Griffin <duaneg@×××××.com> wrote: |
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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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People on the forums claim they're using the in-kernel Realtek 8169 |
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drivers, have you tried that? |
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(sorry for all the noise, but the thought of upgrading my system and |
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the thought of not being able to intsall Gentoo fills my heart with |
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dread. ;) |
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