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From: Kumar Gala <kumar.gala@freescale.com>
To: "Clemens Koller" <clemens.koller@anagramm.de>
Cc: linuxppc-embedded@ozlabs.org
Subject: Re: What ethernet driver to use in 2.6.8.1 instead of gianfar in 2.6.11.x?
Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 10:41:22 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a659357b80a843e5eb3db2ebd5ec3c53@freescale.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4289DBE9.9080002@anagramm.de>


On May 17, 2005, at 6:56 AM, Clemens Koller wrote:

> Hello, again,
>
> 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?

> 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

  reply	other threads:[~2005-05-17 15:41 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-05-17 11:56 What ethernet driver to use in 2.6.8.1 instead of gianfar in 2.6.11.x? Clemens Koller
2005-05-17 15:41 ` Kumar Gala [this message]
2005-05-17 16:45   ` Clemens Koller

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