2.6.7-rc2 wiped out the Gigabit Ethernet config entirely

2.6.7-rc2 wiped out the Gigabit Ethernet config entirely

Posted Jun 3, 2004 5:16 UTC (Thu) by Duncan (guest, #6647)
Parent article: Kernel release status

As in the title, 2.6.7-rc2 doesn't have ANY gigabit Ethernet choices, AT
ALL, here. The top level entry under network drivers still exists, but
there's nothing under it to enable the category, /at/ /all/.

That's at least here on AMD64, where many mobos come standand with it,
making it a potentially big issue.

I had done the usual verify and unpack, make and install w/ LILO, reboot
and try it out, only to find I had no Ethernet. Attempting to modprobe
the module manually resulted in module not found, so away I went to look
at the config and find out why, only to discover there weren't ANY gigabit
drivers there to choose from!

I'm guessing it's a minor screwup to the kernel config setup, and has
already been corrected in the BK snapshots, but I haven't tried them yet.

At least this time it didn't crash and take my (already ailing) video card
with it, like the misalignment issues in 2.6.6-rc3 did. <g> That was
fixed by the bk3 snapshot, which is when I got around to trying it again
(after finding a replacement video card, of course).

I guess there's a reason they are rc's! <g>

Duncan

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