With a number of previous kernel versions, the tulip driver would not work with the digital DS21143 ethernet controller that comes bundled with the Compaq Presario 1800T laptop. Fortunately, the de4x5 driver would work with it, however the situation was confusing because the config doc supplied for the de4x5 driver doesn't mention that it supports tulip chips now also, while the tulip driver claimed that it should work. Further if one compiled both into the kernel, the tulip driver would initialize first and claim control of the chip and prevent the de4x5 from working. I hadn't tried the tulip driver on my laptop for a few kernel versions so I don't know when it started working. But it works now, with 2.4.5. de4x5 also works. So you can use either one. Curiously, when I first installed Linux on my laptop, I think it was Slackware 4.0, I couldn't get any driver to work, but I got a development version of the author's site, and it worked OK in a 2.2 kernel. But later versions that were actually rolled into the kernel didn't work. I have a page about linux on my Compaq Presario 1800T at http://www.goingware.com/laptop/linux/ I've gotten quite a few emails from confused 1800T owners in the time I've had that page up, I think this will make things much easier. Regards, Michael D. Crawford GoingWare Inc. - Expert Software Development and Consulting http://www.goingware.com/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tilting at Windmills for a Better Tomorrow. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/