On Thu, Nov 15, 2007 at 12:53:31PM +0100, Frans Pop wrote: > On Thursday 15 November 2007, Frans Pop wrote: > > Those should all be set for powerpc and should also be available during > > installation. Please check: > > - whether these modules are present > > - whether they are loaded automatically or not > > - if not, whether loading them manually gives you firewire support > > > > If the new firewire stack does not work for powerpc, that will have to be > > discussed with the kernel team. > > It looks as if the new stack just does not have any Ethernet support (yet?). > I also no longer have a firewire Ethernet device on my x86_64 system. > > This is confirmed on: > http://wiki.linux1394.org/JujuMigration > > That same page lists several issues with the new stack when compared to the > old one and also has the following recommendation: > ! <!> Regarding Linux 2.6.22 and 2.6.23, the best advice to Linux > ! distributors (kernel packagers) as well as to regular users is: Build only > ! the old IEEE 1394 drivers. > > Please activate the old stack again.
the new stack is very promising, we will reconsider later if no eth1394 shows up, for now that's just a minor regression. see discussions on d-kernel, nobody spoke up when the anncouncement about missing eth1394 was declared. best regards -- maks -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
