Re: Linux 2.0.x Questions

[David Weinehall]

On Thu, Feb 22, 2001 at 03:35:12PM -0800, Mike Fedyk wrote:
> Gabi Davar wrote:
> > 
> > Hello I have two questions regarding Linux 2.0.x
> > 
> > 1. Did anybody tried running Linux 2.0.x on the Intel i840 chipset based
> > boards?
> > 
> > 2. Does anybody knows of a 2.0.x driver for Intel's 82543GC Gigabit
> > Ethernet MAC (aka e1000) ?
> > 
> > Thanks in advance,
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Gabi Davar
> What are your reasons with staying on the 2.0 kernel series?
> 
> You probably won't find very many 2.0 users here anymore.  Did you contact
> the 2.0 maintainer?

No, he didn't, but I do read LKML. I've been searching around a little
(not much yet; I've been busy) for evidence of people using the
i840 with v2.0.xx, but have so far found none. I can't see any reason
why it shouldn't work, however.

The Gigabit 82543GC, on the other hand, is probably something that you'll
have to get a newer kernel to be able to use (unless Intel has released
a driver for it that they haven't submitted to me; the only Gigabit
driver in v2.0.39 is, if I remember correctly, yellowfin.)

/David Weinehall, maintainer of v2.0.xx
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