On Thu, Jan 24, 2002 at 07:59:52PM +1100, Herbert Xu wrote: > I would be happy to do so if someone can show me why we really need 2.4 > boot floppies on i386. So far, the only reasons I've seen are: [...]
4. Better network card autodetection support Its network card was an ISA NE2000 clone. Using the 2.2 kernel, I could not tell where the card was configured at, and eventually found a DOS utility that told me, once I'd got hold of a DOS boot disk. The 2.4 kernel was capable of detecting and configuring the card for me without needing any parameters. Giving newbies a chance to configure their netcard under 2.4 is IMO, a big advantage for non-PCI cards. Chris -- Chris Halls | Frankfurt, Germany
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