Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: ethernet support on ibook G4 differs from 2.4 to 2.6 | From | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <> | Date | Thu, 08 Jul 2004 13:49:33 -0500 |
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On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 12:30, axel.azerty@netcourrier.com wrote: > Hello > I have a little problem with ethernet support on an Apple ibook G4 and I m not sure it s a bug. > Using linux 2.6 with the driver Sun GEM works fine without problem. > Using the same driver (as the old is mentionned "OBSOLETE") in 2.4 doesn't work. dmesg doesn't mention it at all. > Only the old "GMAC (G4/iBook ethernet) support (OBSOLETE, use Sun GEM)" works. > > I ve attached my .config. > > Please CC me, if someone answers, since I m not subscribed to the list.
The 2.4 version has not been updated for the new PCI IDs I suppose... the "old" driver use a different probing mecanism based on open firmware that happen to still work.
Ben.
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