From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from moutng.kundenserver.de (moutng.kundenserver.de [212.227.126.187]) by ozlabs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B591679F8 for ; Wed, 18 May 2005 02:47:01 +1000 (EST) Message-ID: <428A1F8C.10903@anagramm.de> Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 18:45:00 +0200 From: Clemens Koller MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Kumar Gala , linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org References: <4289DBE9.9080002@anagramm.de> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Subject: Re: What ethernet driver to use in 2.6.8.1 instead of gianfar in 2.6.11.x? List-Id: Linux on Embedded PowerPC Developers Mail List List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Hello, Kumar! >> for some tests and glibc-builds I want to work with a 2.6.8.1 kernel >> temporarily on a freescale mpc8540. > > Out of interest, what issues did you have with 2.6.11.x? I want to see if I can get more details out of failing glibc-2.3.{4,5} ntpl tests on a running system. That's not related to anything mpc85xx specific. I'll take the gianfar if necessary. (Or I just plug a rtl8139 into pci... and go with that) The .config is not an issue, then. Thanks! Greets, Clemens Koller _______________________________ R&D Imaging Devices Anagramm GmbH Rupert-Mayer-Str. 45/1 81379 Muenchen Germany http://www.anagramm.de Phone: +49-89-741518-50 Fax: +49-89-741518-19 Kumar Gala wrote: >> In 2.6.8.1 there was no gianfar ethernet driver. Is it okay to use the >> fec drivers instead of the gianfar or is it better to put the gianfar >> drivers back into 2.6.8.1? (100Mbps are okay for that testing) > > > I doubt fec drivers would ever work for the TSECs. You should be able > to pull the driver code out of 2.6.11.x for gianfar back into 2.6.8.1 > w/o any real issue. > >> Maybe somebody can get me a working .config for 2.6.8.1 and mpc8540ads? > > > Can you start with the .config file that exists in the 2.6.11 ? > > - kumar > >