[tulip] tulip & kernel 2.4 (structure has no member named `tbusy')

Erik Steffl steffl@bigfoot.com
Mon, 09 Apr 2001 08:44:56 -0700


Bogdan Costescu wrote:
> 
> On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Erik Steffl wrote:
> 
> >   I get the same errors when compiling it on another machine with debian
> > testing with 2.4.2 kernel, on that particular system I was able to
> > compile the tulip.c without problems with kernel 2.2.17. I guess tulip.c
> > does not work with 2.4 kernels - is that true? or is there something
> > wrong with my system?
> 
> The drivers from scyld.com do not work with kernel 2.4 and I have no ideea
> if/when they will. They work for sure with 2.2 and supposedly with older
> ones.

  thanks,

  anybody knows more detials about future of scyld drivers? Are they
going to be 'ported' to 2.4?

  are the issues minor (the struct members were renamed, structs were
reorganized a bit or something like that) or did the network interface
changed A LOT in kernel 2.4 (compared to 2.2)?

  (the 2.4 kernel driver for tulip does not work with accton en2242)

  <rant> I bought the hp pavilion n5170 specifically because everything
is supported under linux (not sure about modem but I don't use it) and
now I learned that X for savage (video card) might not be developed
further because of lack of support of VIA, now network card does not
work with 2.4 kernel...</rant>

	erik