[etherlab-users] Kernel question

[Andreas Stewering-Bone]

Hello,

there will be support for native e1000e in the near future.

Greatings

Andreas


Am 11.05.2011 11:34, schrieb Erwin Burgstaller:
> Hi,
>
> * Wed, May 11, 2011 - 08:48:33 +0000, Kaashoek I. Irene - irene.kaashoek at tno.nl:
>
>    
>> My suggestion to solve the problems would be to compile another preempt kernel, kernel 2.6.29  and then use the master and driver files from Erwin Burgstaller. Then I would perhaps need to find a slightly older version of etherlab so that it is compatible with the master.
>>      
> As I'm currently very busy otherwise and I have no intentions to move to
> another kernel version, the only thing I can do at the moment, is
> provide you the matching xenomai-kernel and xenomai itself too:
>
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26324125/linux-2.6.29.5-xenomai-2.4.9.tar.bz2
> http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26324125/xenomai-2.4.9.tar.bz2
>
> We're not using etherlab, so I can not provide anything for that.
>
> Best thing would be of course, if someone will patch the latest kernels
> native e1000e driver, but it's very different from the previous one, so
> one will have to start from scratch. :-(
>
> The NIC we're using is 'Intel Corporation 82573L'. So I'm sure it's
> working for this one and I don't know if it will with 82574L or 82567LM
>
> Cheers,
>   Erwin
>
>    


Mit freundlichem Gruß

Andreas Stewering-Bone

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