On Sun, Jan 16, 2005 at 12:01:43AM +0000, Jason Lander wrote: > > Horms, > > > The packages are at the URL below and represent what will become > > the official 2.4.27-8 packages, though there are a few additional > > bugs that need to be investigated first. I you have a chance, please > > test them out. > > > http://debian.vergenet.net/testing/ > > I think this has fixed bug #290039: that the 3c59x driver on a Thinkpad > T20 was reporting a spurious MAC address with the release 6 version of the > 2.4.27-1 kernel package. > > I'm afraid the tests I can perform are limited as the machine does not > have enough space on the root partition to fully install more than one > kernel at a time. > > However, I could download the -686 version of the kernel-image deb, unpack > it on another partition and with the help of a few symlinks, initrd and > grub - it was possible to boot the machine with the updated kernel. > > Under the updated kernel, the 3c59x driver was behaving and reporting the > correct MAC address.
Jason, thanks for this feedback, it is most useful - every little bit counts. If you have a chance to do any further testing, please let me know your findings. -- Horms -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
