Re: Linux 2.3.18ac6

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Sun, 19 Sep 1999 21:43:09 +0100 (BST)


> Now, with ac6, the rtl8139 module doesn't detect either of my two NIC's,
> while "lspci" finds them without any trouble. Maybe the "Let's have 8
> cards"-bug is replaced by a "You cannot have more than one"-bug.

The change in ac6 is that it now does a check on the memory region being
available. Can you see if that is the check it fails on ?

> On an other note, the drivers/block/paride/paride.c file needs an extra
> include ( <linux/wait.h> ) to compile and work. (the good news is, that
> 2.3.18ac6 finds my LS120-drive, while 2.3.17 didn't).

I saw your diff but it didnt apply

> Would you consider a round of "tinderbox-like" testing for the kernel
> useful now that a freeze is announced?
> (I did this around 2.1.130; I can dust off my old scripts for this)

Primarily at the moment I want to get all the compile bugs out so yes.
I suspect it'll be a fairly losing battle initially 8)

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