From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: ichi@aggies.org Subject: Re: Intel 82595FX clone NIC problems Date: Sat, 12 Apr 2003 09:13:56 +0000 Sender: linux-newbie-owner@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3E97D8D4.694990B5@aggies.org> References: <5.1.0.14.1.20030411110849.01ea73e8@celine> <5.1.0.14.1.20030411094900.01ea5030@celine> <5.1.0.14.1.20030411094900.01ea5030@celine> <5.1.0.14.1.20030411110849.01ea73e8@celine> <5.1.0.14.1.20030411125405.01fbde78@celine> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" To: linux-newbie@vger.kernel.org Ray Olszewski wrote: > > modules have to be compiled for a specific kernel. You > can't get a newer eepro.o module and expect it to work > (or even load) with 2.2.16. If you need a newer module, > you need a newer kernel. Maybe ichi can comment on this part? I agree. The bare.i kernel (2.2) from Slackware 8.0 should work (with the eepro module from Slackware 8.0). Of course, if James boots BasicLinux with the Slackware 8.0 kernel then he will need to replace the 2.2.16 modules he normally uses with the equivalent modules from Slackware 8.0. Cheers, Steven - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs