Re: ethernet support on ibook G4 differs from 2.4 to 2.6

From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt
Date: Thu Jul 08 2004 - 13:53:28 EST


On Thu, 2004-07-08 at 12:30, axel.azerty@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 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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