Denis wrote: > Looks like there are other bugs filed elsewhere on the net about E1000 > not loading with the 2.6.27 kernel. > > Here's a curious note from > https://bugs.launchpad.net/launchpad-foundations/+bug/275611 > > ============= > If I remove the line of the card in > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules and boot with kernel > 2.6.27-4, nothing happens, it's like the card does not exist. > If I modprobe e1000, and try to bring up manually eth0: > > eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found > If I boot back in kernel 2.6.27-3, everything works fine, > /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules is correctly configured, and > so on. > ============= > > Sounds like something's up. I will try to configure my 2.6.27 using > menuconfig, but why do I get the sense that I'll just waste time doing > that and end up at square one? > > >
Because if it is in the kernel, it is in the kernel. It doesn't matter if it is put there by oldconfig or menuconfig or some other config. It's either there built in, as a module or it is not there. Really simple. Dale :-) :-)
