Re: 2.6.10N a mess

From: Michael Heiming (michael+USENET_at_www.heiming.de)
Date: 02/11/05 

Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 08:37:38 +0100

In comp.os.linux.development.system nbi@wideopenwest.com:
> Recently I retrieved the 2.6.10N source from rpmfind.net. It builds ok,
> but some basic capabilities are completely broken. The Intel e1000
> driver is not functional and it is no longer possible to mount vfat
> partitions. How is it that these things were working in the 2.4
> kernels, but are broken now? Are we trying to make Microsoft look good?
> :-)
> I realize a lot of good people are volunteering their time to make
> improvements, but could those of us modifying kernel code please do a
> minimal amount of testing to verify that previously working features
> weren't broken by fixes/enhancements? Thank you.

Seems as if you didn't setup things probably.

> Is there an early version of 2.6 in which these 2 features (e1000
> driver & vfat) are still functioning properly?

Nonsense, you might like to check your config and
Documentation/Changes, can't remember the slightest problem with
both.

01:09.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82541GI/PI Gigabit
        Ethernet Controller

 lsmod | grep e1000
e1000 83712 0 

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