Which kernel drivers are you talking about? I've noticed that "tulip" drivers get loaded as a module at boot time. but they dont function correctly. (lets you start the device and attach ips but cant talk through it)
On Wed, 09 Mar 2005 13:30:14 -0600, Jon Mason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >My company has recently purchased several ZNYX ZX274 network cards. > >These cards are Four Channel, 10/100 PCI Adapters. They use Intel chipsets. > > > >Unfortunately there exists no drivers for linux amd64 architecture. > >There are 32bit drivers found at: > >http://www.znyx.com/support/drivers/ZX374_drivers.htm but naturally > >they wont compile under my amd64 system. > > > >The driver itself is called znb.o and can be downloaded from ZNYX's > >website. I spoke to support staff there but they told me they have > >discontinued support and development for this series of cards. > > > >The system I am running gentoo and have tried both 2.4.x and 2.6.x > >kernels but no luck. > > > >Does anyone know of a customised znb.o driver built for amd64? > >Is there any chance of anyone modifying the source code of the driver > >to compile under a amd64 system? > > > >What suggestions would you have other than running in 32bit mode or > >buying new network cards? > > > >Help much appreciated. > > > >Kosta > > Kosta, I'll be happy to help you out as much as I can. > > The drivers don't appear to be x86 specific. The problem is probably > they're not coded correctly for 64bit. > > After looking at the webpage and source code, it looks like these adapters > might work with the existing Intel drivers that are currently in the kernel. > Can you confirm this? > > -- gentoo-amd64@gentoo.org mailing list
