Bug#385613: fai-kernels: Missing ethernet driver sk98lin on 2.6.16-fai, Marvell gigabit cards don't work

2006-09-07 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, [rant about the NMU sent to Cyril privatly] On Saturday 02 September 2006 19:42, Cyril Bouthors wrote: Please tell me what you think. I think another kernel package is a bad idea, because it increases the load for the security team and brings hardly any gain. Thats why I want to remove

Bug#385613: fai-kernels: Missing ethernet driver sk98lin on 2.6.16-fai, Marvell gigabit cards don't work

2006-09-02 Thread Cyril Bouthors
On 2 Sep 2006, Thomas Lange wrote: The kernel would get too big and would not fit onto the fai boot floppy. By the way, I'm not using fai-kernels for FAI :) so I'm asking myself about the package name. fai-kernels are just general purpose kernels built to boot with DHCP and use a NFS root

Bug#385613: fai-kernels: Missing ethernet driver sk98lin on 2.6.16-fai, Marvell gigabit cards don't work

2006-09-01 Thread Cyril Bouthors
Package: fai-kernels Version: 1.11.1 Severity: important 2.6.16-fai lacks module sk98lin for ethernet NIC base on Marvell Gigabit chipset. I'm unable to boot on NFS with this hardware : web17: :01:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Marvell Technology Group Ltd. Yukon Gigabit Ethernet

Bug#385613: fai-kernels: Missing ethernet driver sk98lin on 2.6.16-fai, Marvell gigabit cards don't work

2006-09-01 Thread Thomas Lange
sk98lin is enabled, but maybe the two others are missing for your hardware. # CONFIG_SKGE is not set # CONFIG_SKY2 is not set CONFIG_SK98LIN=y -- regards Thomas -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of unsubscribe. Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Bug#385613: fai-kernels: Missing ethernet driver sk98lin on 2.6.16-fai, Marvell gigabit cards don't work

2006-09-01 Thread Cyril Bouthors
On 1 Sep 2006, Thomas Lange wrote: sk98lin is enabled, but maybe the two others are missing for your hardware. # CONFIG_SKGE is not set # CONFIG_SKY2 is not set CONFIG_SK98LIN=y Thomas, I'm getting this error when booting: IP-config : No network devices available so I guess the driver

Bug#385613: fai-kernels: Missing ethernet driver sk98lin on 2.6.16-fai, Marvell gigabit cards don't work

2006-09-01 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Friday 01 September 2006 18:53, Cyril Bouthors wrote: FYI, netboot worked with previous 2.4 FAI kernels on the same hardware but don't remember which one. wont help much as etch will not ship with 2.4 Could you please re-add support for this NIC? will do in the next upload, if there

Bug#385613: fai-kernels: Missing ethernet driver sk98lin on 2.6.16-fai, Marvell gigabit cards don't work

2006-09-01 Thread Cyril Bouthors
On 1 Sep 2006, Holger Levsen wrote: will do in the next upload, if there is one, because: I need this fixed tomorrow, I won't go through details but this is quite important for my company. Do I have your permission to upload a fix for #385613 and #385435 tomorrow morning if you haven't done

Bug#385613: fai-kernels: Missing ethernet driver sk98lin on 2.6.16-fai, Marvell gigabit cards don't work

2006-09-01 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Friday 01 September 2006 21:05, Cyril Bouthors wrote: I need this fixed tomorrow, I won't go through details but this is quite important for my company. Do I have your permission to upload a fix for #385613 and #385435 tomorrow morning if you haven't done the initrd stuff before that?

Bug#385613: fai-kernels: Missing ethernet driver sk98lin on 2.6.16-fai, Marvell gigabit cards don't work

2006-09-01 Thread Cyril Bouthors
On 1 Sep 2006, Holger Levsen wrote: Can you send me a patch please? Then you could sponsor my upload :) You want me to write the patch and send it to you. Then you will build the package, send it back to me. Then I will upload it to Debian? : -- Cyril Bouthors pgpk5ynKUu8lD.pgp

Bug#385613: fai-kernels: Missing ethernet driver sk98lin on 2.6.16-fai, Marvell gigabit cards don't work

2006-09-01 Thread Holger Levsen
Hi, On Friday 01 September 2006 23:11, you wrote: You want me to write the patch and send it to you. Then you will build the package, send it back to me. Then I will upload it to Debian? I'd prefer if you'd test the patch before you send it to me :) That would even increase the