Re: Fwd: r8169 driver supporting the 8167 dev ID

2007-07-14 Thread Francois Romieu
Jonathan Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > >You should read the tutorial until you find the 'Using git for > >collaboration' > >part. You missed a: > > > >git clone > >git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git > > Alright sweet, i got somewhere :). i was able to pull tha

Re: Fwd: r8169 driver supporting the 8167 dev ID

2007-07-14 Thread Jonathan Larsen
You should read the tutorial until you find the 'Using git for collaboration' part. You missed a: git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git Alright sweet, i got somewhere :). i was able to pull that down, do my previous steps and git commit and then the gi

Re: Fwd: r8169 driver supporting the 8167 dev ID

2007-07-11 Thread Francois Romieu
Jonathan Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > I got git installed on my dev box. i went to my linux source dir and ran, > git init > git add . > git format-patch v2.6.18..v2.6.23-rc1 -- drivers/net/r8169.c > > and i got an error > fatal: bad revision 'v2.6.18..v2.6.23-rc1' > > what did i do wrong? im

Re: Fwd: r8169 driver supporting the 8167 dev ID

2007-07-11 Thread Jonathan Larsen
I got git installed on my dev box. i went to my linux source dir and ran, git init git add . git format-patch v2.6.18..v2.6.23-rc1 -- drivers/net/r8169.c and i got an error fatal: bad revision 'v2.6.18..v2.6.23-rc1' what did i do wrong? im sure im missing something easy. On 7/10/07, Jonathan

Re: Fwd: r8169 driver supporting the 8167 dev ID

2007-07-10 Thread Jonathan Larsen
The patchkit from 2.6.18 to (almost) current contains 47 patches. git is a wonderful tool for endless nights of S&M backporting but I'd appreciate to understand why you can not use a more recent kernel before engaging. Not a problem, sorry i didn't mention it before. i am using smoothwall 3. it

Re: Fwd: r8169 driver supporting the 8167 dev ID

2007-07-10 Thread Francois Romieu
Jonathan Larsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > I've been looking for the r8169 driver that is for the 2.6.x kernel > and also supports the device id 8167, 10ec. chipset is the 8110sc. > im sure someone is familiar with this. It is not the most used chipset in the 816x family but there are some known use

Fwd: r8169 driver supporting the 8167 dev ID

2007-07-09 Thread Jonathan Larsen
I've been looking for the r8169 driver that is for the 2.6.x kernel and also supports the device id 8167, 10ec. chipset is the 8110sc. im sure someone is familiar with this. i noticed on the most latest kernel that such a driver exists. i downloaded a gentoo live cd and found out. im trying to