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Rod Whitby schreef:
> Koen Kooi wrote:
>> Graeme identified some problems with various X headers, Henry wants to
>> downgrade the poodle kernel and Rod said we might need to downgrade
>> ixp4xx kernels as well.
> 
> I have downgraded the ixp4xx kernel to 2.6.21.6, cause the 2.6.23.8
> version gives an all-zeros MAC address on the first DHCP request.
> 
> I have also set MACHINE_ESSENTIAL_* in machines/include/ixp4xx.inc to
> the minimal set of modules required to get on-board networking running
> on ixp4xx boxes.  I have tested booting a 2.6.21.6-based Angstrom
> minimal-image on an NSLU2, and get a good DHCP request and the network
> comes up automatically.  Note that this now deprecates the nslu2be and
> nslu2le machines in Angstrom, as you can now achieve the same result by
> using the normal ixp4xxle or ixp4xxbe machines and nslu2-minimal-image.
> 
> Koen, this will require a rebuild of task-boot for ixp4xx images (should
> I bump the PR on task-boot, or will you just do this manually on the
> autobuilder?)

A PR bump would be the best thing, so other distros can profit from the
tweak as well.

regards,

Koen


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