On Sunday 25 March 2001 00:11, Marc van Woerkom wrote:
> > >Ok, I did an ediff against NOTES. Perhaps it was the "1" argument to
> > >
> > >    device         loop    1               #Network loopback device
> > >
> > >that was missing. I'll try again.
> >
> > Hmmm....  Seems odd.  If you get a recurrence, you might want to share a
> > diff between GENERIC and what you're using.
>
> Now it compiles.
>
> I had to put in a "device ether" line into my config to compile
> a kernel with i4b (IDSN) drivers.
>
> And this on box without ethernet card.
>
> Is this a bug or a feature?

i4b is an ethernet interface, how do you think PPP/HDLC works ? The
interface is registered with the networking stack, just like a "real"
networking card is. This make the ether device mandatory.

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Gary Jennejohn [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

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