On Feb 5, 2007, at 2:56 AM, Benjamin Herrenschmidt wrote:
On Wed, 2007-01-31 at 10:57 -0600, Dan Page wrote:
Hello. I've just joined this list so I apologize if this issue
has been
addressed:
I've installed Debian sarge on a Blue and white G3. This box is
planned
to be used as a DNS resolver for our network. I got DJB DNS set up
and
working like a champ, my problem lies in the network card. We use
gigabit fiber for our core network and I chose this model because
it has
the 64 bit pci bus that most giga fiber cards use. I installed a
Intel
gigabit card installed. The e1000.0 module that this card
requires is
present in the kernel but for some reason it doesn't load. I
don't know
if its related but the drivers for the USB and Firewire don't load
properly either. here is an except from the dmesg log
USB has issues on the B&W G3 due to Apple using an old fairly broken
chip though I though it worked well enough for keyboard/mouse at
least ...
FireWire is a pcilynx chip (pretty much one of the only ones to use
that
chip) and I don't think it's ever been properly tested on big endian.
In any case, you should try a newer kernel
Ben.
Hi Ben,
I've got a couple of B&W G3 machines. I've tried every Debian kernel
up thru the latest in SID. The pcilynx driver crashes on bootup
every time. I can disable it by putting it in the blacklist file,
which gives me a clean boot but no FireWire.
You're right about USB. It works well enough for keyboard and mouse
on the B&W G3.
Should I file a bugreport? Is so, against which package?
Rick
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