On Wed, 21 Feb 2001, Jeff Garzik wrote: > > the newer version is 0.92, dated > > 4/17/2000. The newer version can be gotten from > > http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html. I believe that > > for correct operation, the card also requires the pci-scan > > module. > > The version is not going to be merged into the kernel as long as it > uses the pci-scan module. ... another indication that this is a political issue, not a technical one. The pci-scan interface was a better technical approach, and existed before Jeff's PCI table code. It solves the problem with PCI power management after warm booting from Windows, integrates PCI, hot-swap and CardBus drivers, and has other advantages. > I just finished merging important bits into the 2.4.x driver, so it will > support it soon. (supports it now, if you want to check it out of > gkernel CVS) And, like many of the other updates that originated from my driver update set, it will go into the kernel without attribution. Donald Becker becker@scyld.com Scyld Computing Corporation http://www.scyld.com 410 Severn Ave. Suite 210 Second Generation Beowulf Clusters Annapolis MD 21403 410-990-9993 - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
