Bug#334104: RFC: workaround for dmfe/tulip module problem

2006-12-18 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Sun, Dec 17, 2006 at 11:49:49PM +, Richard Mortimer wrote: > I started to test this and then realised that there is a small problem. > The X1 doesn't have a cd drive so I cannot test it. Is there any chance > of a netboot image. Sure, it is available at http://www.wooyd.org/debian/iso/boo

Bug#334104: RFC: workaround for dmfe/tulip module problem

2006-12-17 Thread Richard Mortimer
On Sat, 2006-12-16 at 11:30 -0800, Jurij Smakov wrote: > On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:13:53PM +, Richard Mortimer wrote: > > Hi Jurij, > > > > Did you get around to building the mini-iso image? I'm happy to test > > when you have it ready. > > Hi Richard, > > Sorry for the delay. The mini.iso

Bug#334104: RFC: workaround for dmfe/tulip module problem

2006-12-16 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 10:13:53PM +, Richard Mortimer wrote: > Hi Jurij, > > Did you get around to building the mini-iso image? I'm happy to test > when you have it ready. Hi Richard, Sorry for the delay. The mini.iso (5.4M) with the kernel modules which have the proposed patch incorporate

Bug#334104: RFC: workaround for dmfe/tulip module problem

2006-12-15 Thread Richard Mortimer
Hi Jurij, Did you get around to building the mini-iso image? I'm happy to test when you have it ready. Regards Richard On Sun, 2006-12-03 at 15:48 -0800, Jurij Smakov wrote: > On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 10:58:18PM +, Richard Mortimer wrote: > Hi Richard, > > You are right that my patch will n

Bug#334104: RFC: workaround for dmfe/tulip module problem

2006-12-03 Thread Jurij Smakov
On Sun, Dec 03, 2006 at 10:58:18PM +, Richard Mortimer wrote: > I've tried this and it seems to be a non-starter. It works fine when I > use it on the modprobe commandline > > pingu:/sys/module/dmfe# modprobe dmfe disable=1 > dmfe: driver disabled, aborting initialization. > > but when I boo

Bug#334104: RFC: workaround for dmfe/tulip module problem

2006-12-03 Thread Frans Pop
On Sunday 03 December 2006 23:58, Richard Mortimer wrote: > but when I boot with dmfe.disable=1 on the commandline the driver gets > loaded. > > pingu:/sys/module/dmfe# cat /proc/cmdline > root=/dev/hda7 ro dmfe.disable=1 The dmfe.disable=1 construct was intended for use with the installer which

Bug#334104: RFC: workaround for dmfe/tulip module problem

2006-12-03 Thread Richard Mortimer
On Wed, 2006-11-29 at 21:29 -0800, Jurij Smakov wrote: > Hi, > > The issue of dmfe and tulip drivers advertising support for the cards > with the same PCI IDs has popped up recently again [0]. As some of the > cards work with dmfe driver (mostly on x86), and some work with tulip > (on sparc Net

Bug#334104: RFC: workaround for dmfe/tulip module problem

2006-11-29 Thread Jurij Smakov
Hi, The issue of dmfe and tulip drivers advertising support for the cards with the same PCI IDs has popped up recently again [0]. As some of the cards work with dmfe driver (mostly on x86), and some work with tulip (on sparc Netra machines, for example), the issue cannot be resolved by simply