On 9/30/06, Duane Griffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 29/09/06, Ryan Sims <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking at upgrading to a Core 2 Duo system, and looking at the
> Asus P5B series of motherboards. I've found a couple forum posts
> (http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-494387-highlight-p965.html and
> http://forums.gentoo.org/viewtopic-t-498160-highlight-p965.html) that
> seem to indicate troubles with JMicron support in kernels. Is this
> something I should be concerned about? The forum discussions seem to
> indicate that the problem is unresolved, indicating to me that I
> should look elsewhere for motherboards.
I'm running gentoo on exactly this setup. There was some trouble with
support for the controller prior to 2.6.18, however it all works just
fine if you use the "all-generic-ide irqpoll" boot parameters.
Another issue you might run into is getting the onboard RTL8168
ethernet controller working. There is no in-kernel driver for this
thing. I managed to get the vendor-supplied driver compiling, but
isn't working correctly for me (it seems to be transmitting packets
fine but not receiving anything). I've not looked into it much since
there seems to be in-kernel support coming soon and I've got another
ethernet controller card to use in the meantime. There are also lots
of reports from people getting it working successfully, so it may just
be something stupid I'm doing.
People on the forums claim they're using the in-kernel Realtek 8169
drivers, have you tried that?
(sorry for all the noise, but the thought of upgrading my system and
the thought of not being able to intsall Gentoo fills my heart with
dread. ;)
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