Messages in this thread | | | From | Alistair John Strachan <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.16, sk98lin out of date | Date | Mon, 13 Feb 2006 11:10:34 +0000 |
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On Monday 13 February 2006 11:05, Matti Aarnio wrote: > On Mon, Feb 13, 2006 at 10:58:03AM +0000, Alistair John Strachan wrote: > > Hi, > > > > As I'm sure the drivers/net maintainers are well aware, SysKonnect > > constantly update their sk98lin/sky2 driver without bothering to sync > > their changes with the official linux kernel. > > My understanding is, that skge driver has superceded the sk98lin in > most uses. > > There could, of course, be a change to insert vendor driver _as_is_ into > baseline kernel with its own name.
Thanks Matti, I wasn't even aware of this driver. Might I suggest the "old" driver be marked as such in Linux 2.6.16. I guess I must've skipped over it because it begins with "New", and does not contain the word "Marvell", which is indicated exclusively by lspci.
-- Cheers, Alistair.
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