To permanently use sk98lin, I have simply moved the sky2.ko file to some other location from the /lib/modules/2.6.15-26-386/kernel/drivers/net directory. That way, only sk98lin gets loaded at boot and works fine - I always bring up the network manually (ifup eth0) with different scripts depending on my location, but I think it should also work automatically if you have set it up that way.
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