Bug#284221: utter lack of acenic drivers on i386, hppa
On Sat, 04 Dec 2004, Matthew Wilcox wrote: On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 01:01:33PM -0500, Kyle McMartin wrote: * ACENIC firwmare, driver disabled: . drivers/net/acenic_firmware.h So there's a good reason why you're unable to use these cards. ITYM good reason to switch to Ubuntu, Gentoo or Fedora. HTH. agreed. beside debian-legal having no consensus on that issue, don't latest gr allow to ship those for at least sarge? -- maks kernel janitor http://janitor.kernelnewbies.org/
Bug#284221: utter lack of acenic drivers on i386, hppa
* maks attems: On Sat, 04 Dec 2004, Matthew Wilcox wrote: On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 01:01:33PM -0500, Kyle McMartin wrote: * ACENIC firwmare, driver disabled: . drivers/net/acenic_firmware.h So there's a good reason why you're unable to use these cards. ITYM good reason to switch to Ubuntu, Gentoo or Fedora. HTH. agreed. beside debian-legal having no consensus on that issue, don't latest gr allow to ship those for at least sarge? Some people claim that redistributing the Linux source code (or binaries derived from it) is a GPL violation. If this is true, it's not a DFSG/Social Contract issue at all.
Bug#284221: utter lack of acenic drivers on i386, hppa
Package: kernel Severity: normal I have a hppa a500 with two pci nics in it: :10:00.0 0200: 12ae:0001 (rev 01) :10:00.0 Ethernet controller: Alteon Networks Inc. AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 01) :20:00.0 0200: 12ae:0001 (rev 01) :20:00.0 Ethernet controller: Alteon Networks Inc. AceNIC Gigabit Ethernet (rev 01) Discover says to use the acenic driver for these, but it does not seem to be available in the 2.4 or 2.6 kernels for hppa or i386. I do see the driver the the kernel source so please turn it on. -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers unstable APT policy: (500, 'unstable') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.4.27 Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#284221: utter lack of acenic drivers on i386, hppa
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 12:18:01PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: Discover says to use the acenic driver for these, but it does not seem to be available in the 2.4 or 2.6 kernels for hppa or i386. I do see the driver the the kernel source so please turn it on. I thought the anti-firmware fanatics had decreed we couldn't ship this driver? -- Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception. -- Mark Twain
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Bug#284221: utter lack of acenic drivers on i386, hppa
Matthew Wilcox wrote: On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 12:18:01PM -0500, Joey Hess wrote: Discover says to use the acenic driver for these, but it does not seem to be available in the 2.4 or 2.6 kernels for hppa or i386. I do see the driver the the kernel source so please turn it on. I thought the anti-firmware fanatics had decreed we couldn't ship this driver? That could very well be.. -- see shy jo signature.asc Description: Digital signature
Bug#284221: utter lack of acenic drivers on i386, hppa
On Sat, Dec 04, 2004 at 01:01:33PM -0500, Kyle McMartin wrote: * ACENIC firwmare, driver disabled: . drivers/net/acenic_firmware.h So there's a good reason why you're unable to use these cards. ITYM good reason to switch to Ubuntu, Gentoo or Fedora. HTH. -- Next the statesmen will invent cheap lies, putting the blame upon the nation that is attacked, and every man will be glad of those conscience-soothing falsities, and will diligently study them, and refuse to examine any refutations of them; and thus he will by and by convince himself that the war is just, and will thank God for the better sleep he enjoys after this process of grotesque self-deception. -- Mark Twain
