Sven Luther writes: > > # CONFIG_TIGON3 is not set > > > > :( - since this Xserve G5 needs that to network. > > Waht can i say ? Don't use hardware which needs non-free drivers. > > Now, if they are not freed, we have some non-free modules, including tg3 i > think, which needs to be built, this will come soon. >
Well I did know that Debian had purged tg3, but then I noticed that they are in linux-2.6 (2.6.12-6) source, with the "readdition" note in the changelog in the (2.6.12-1) version section. > > My main motivation was to get the fans to quiet down (they > > This should be fixed. Yes, it is. > > > I look forward to someday soon having a linux-image-2.6.12-1-powerpc64 > > that supports > > Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme BCM5704 Gigabit > > Ethernet (rev 03) > > and perhaps lets the fans run slower when possible. > > So, ask broadcom to not include non-free firmware code in their drivers. > > You can even get the non-free-modules package out of the kernel svn, and > build > it yourself, if you feel like it. > > Friendly, > > Sven Luther I think I'll just try building out of the linux-2.6 Debian source package. Where is the svn for Debian's linux-2.6 kernel tree? I'd like to run svn blame to see where the changelog line came from: - readdition of tg3 driver, as firmware license has been fixed. Maybe that wasn't quite right. I think that your interpretation of the fix in firmware license is that it improves the situation from undistributable to non-free distributable. So, perhaps this bug needs to be reassigned to linux-26, and retitled to "non-free content in kernel source packages in main should be removed (again)". Thanks, -Maitland -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
