On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 1:05 PM, Oleg Goldshmidt <p...@goldshmidt.org> wrote: > So that's what is special about Ubuntu... I don't use it, so "lack of > tools" is a foreign concept to me. I am sure the necessary stuff can be > installed though. >
Sure, but doing so without network is a pain. It's not typing peek and poke instructions from a magazine into a BASIC interpreter, but a pain nonetheless. >> The Gigabyte GA-H77M-D3H board comes with a "Atheros GbE LAN chip >> (10/100/1000 Mbit)": >> http://il.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=4143#sp >> >> There is no mention of which driver it needs, and I strongly suspect >> that the 1000 Mbit part requires nonconventional drivers > > > Or maybe just experimental, see > http://lxr.linux.no/#linux+v3.7.1/drivers/net/ethernet/atheros/Kconfig#L16 > That is likely, considering the novelty of the device. > Like Nadav, I don't buy much HW but I have never had a problem with > anything. My process is, I get a spec from a vendor, look it up, including > the components (e.g., NIC, video card, etc.), and then check whether > everything is supported. if you ask Ivory or KSP for 2/3 options chances are > you will find a MoBo that will work out of the box. Since there is no > "certified with Ubintu sticker" the research is yours to do. You know, I > suppose, what kernel version your distro uses. They may modify the kernel > (RH do, after all) but they are not likely to throw out a working driver. > Get the sources (see LXR above) and/or Google and you will likely find what > you seek. > The problem is that the specs are not readily available. I have asked Ivory for even a single option, they cannot ensure that any system that they provide will support any Linux distro. I plan on running by KSP tomorrow. -- Dotan Cohen http://gibberish.co.il http://what-is-what.com _______________________________________________ Linux-il mailing list Linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il http://mailman.cs.huji.ac.il/mailman/listinfo/linux-il
