Re: dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

2009-03-13 Thread Brian Thompson
David Miller wrote: From: Josip Rodin Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:49:11 +0100 I'm just Cc:'ing this to the sparc kernel mailing list... On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Brian Thompson wrote: I'd like to get some feedback as to whether anyone is actually using the dmfe Davico

Re: dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

2009-03-13 Thread Brian Thompson
David Miller wrote: From: Brian Thompson Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:25:48 -0400 David Miller wrote: From: Josip Rodin Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:49:11 +0100 I'm just Cc:'ing this to the sparc kernel mailing list... On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Brian Thompson

Re: dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

2009-03-13 Thread David Miller
From: Brian Thompson Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:25:48 -0400 > > > David Miller wrote: > > From: Josip Rodin > > Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:49:11 +0100 > > > > > >> I'm just Cc:'ing this to the sparc kernel mailing list... > >> > >> On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Brian Thompson wrot

Re: dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

2009-03-13 Thread David Miller
From: Josip Rodin Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2009 10:49:11 +0100 > > I'm just Cc:'ing this to the sparc kernel mailing list... > > On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Brian Thompson wrote: > > I'd like to get some feedback as to whether anyone is actually using > > the dmfe Davicom kernel module o

Re: dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

2009-01-26 Thread Frans Pop
brian m. carlson wrote: > Or it could be documented in the release notes that users of > those machines will need to blacklist dmfe manually. It already is documented in the installation guide. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part.

Re: dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

2009-01-26 Thread brian m. carlson
On Mon, Jan 26, 2009 at 02:28:59PM -0500, Brian Thompson wrote: In my opinion that would also be a satisfactory solution. I believe it would complicate things though for those who need to use the dmfe module along with that particular PCI ID (possibly DEC alpha users?). It would be better if we c

Re: dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

2009-01-26 Thread Frans Pop
Brian Thompson wrote: > Maybe the solution is somewhere in the middle... Seems the ideal > situation would be for the dmfe kernel module to be built and installed > on sparc by default but not enabled/mapped. That way someone > who does want to use it would only have to make some minor text > file

Re: dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

2009-01-26 Thread Brian Thompson
brian m. carlson wrote: On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Brian Thompson wrote: I'd like to get some feedback as to whether anyone is actually using the dmfe Davicom kernel module on sparc for 10/100 ethernet. I do not at the immediate moment, but I have in the past. As the onboard N

Re: dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

2009-01-26 Thread brian m. carlson
On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Brian Thompson wrote: I'd like to get some feedback as to whether anyone is actually using the dmfe Davicom kernel module on sparc for 10/100 ethernet. I do not at the immediate moment, but I have in the past. As the onboard NIC on my Ultra 5 has a poo

Re: dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

2009-01-26 Thread Josip Rodin
I'm just Cc:'ing this to the sparc kernel mailing list... On Sun, Jan 25, 2009 at 08:21:56PM -0500, Brian Thompson wrote: > > Hello, > > I'd like to get some feedback as to whether anyone is actually using > the dmfe Davicom kernel module on sparc for 10/100 ethernet. > > To the best of my kno

dmfe/tulip kernel module poll

2009-01-25 Thread Brian Thompson
Hello, I'd like to get some feedback as to whether anyone is actually using the dmfe Davicom kernel module on sparc for 10/100 ethernet. To the best of my knowledge, Sun never manufactured any expansion cards that utilize the Davicom chip and the UltraAX-i2 motherboard (Netra X1 and Sunfire V10