On 9/8/05, Punky Tse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
If anybody know if there are workable kernel patches for VLAN support in
various NIC drivers, please let me know. I will incorporate them in the
next kernel update.
Regards,
Mike O'Connor wrote:
> Joe Nelson wrote:
>
>> I've had a real tough time getting the natsemi driver to work with my
>> VLANs. I may be wrong, but I believe that I may just have an
>> outdated version. Does anyone know how recent the kernel module for
>> natsemi (ethernet on Soekris 4501 board) is? I've tried to get VLANs
>> working with other cards as well - Intel Pro 100 (eepro100 module)
>> and Realtek (8139too module). Nothing seems to work. I'm running on
>> the 2.6.8 kernel. From what I've read, all the newer drivers for
>> these ethernet chipsets support VLANs. Does anyone have any
>> insight? Thanks.
>>
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> Hi Joe
>
> I have not tried the natsemi driver with VLAN's but will say that in
> my experaince a large number of the ethernet drivers in the kernel do
> not support VLAN's.
>
> The only drivers drivers I have ever used successfully are eepro100
> and the intel drivers e100 and e1000. For example none of the 3com
> drivers that I tested worked with VLAN's.
>
> Cheers
> Mike
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