On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Tzafrir Cohen wrote:
> Date: Thu, 14 Feb 2002 15:44:18 +0200 (IST)
> From: Tzafrir Cohen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Tal Amir <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: Re: siocsifflags error
>
> On Thu, 14 Feb 2002, Tal Amir wrote:
>
> > no. not as a hardware problem (irq or similar) and not as configuration
> > problem..
> > > >
> > > > from searching some groups on google, i saw that this was a known bug with
> > > > smp kernel's (same error happened on the same machine with RH7.2 btw..)
> > > >
> > > > i know the device is working, because i did the RH install from ftp using
> > > > it,
> > >
> > > IIRC redhat uses a slightly dfferent kernel on the install floppy.
> > >
> > > What kernel do you use, BTW? ('uname -r')
>
> I asked about a specific variant of that: -enterprise? -smp? etc.
>
sorry. i dont remember. i will check and post this info as soon as i can.
> > >
> >
> > i will not be near that machine until sunday morning, but its the default
> > version that comes with LM8.1 (i think its 2.4.17)
>
> 2.4.8-something
>
your are right..it is 2.4.8
> There were a number of critical fixes in the kernel that was issued about
> a month after Mandrake 8.1 was out. Mandrake have posted updated RPMs. You
> are encourged to upgrade.
>
seems like there is no way to avoid upgrading. but you have to aggree that
its kinda dumb that an original (pre-compiled) kernel will not support a
common card by default..smp or not.
>
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