Subject: Re: PowerBook G3 & 2.2.12
From: Dan Burcaw (dburcaw@terraplex.com)
Date: Sat Oct 09 1999 - 10:37:12 MDT
> Dan, does this kernel include the macserial fixes that have been
> discussed on the linuxppc-dev list, or the new tulip.c Ethernet
> driver? I'm especially interested in the former, since when I built
> my own 2.2.12 I ran into the serial frame overflows and ppp errors
> that others have reported. (They came in bursts, and eventually
> things started working, but it was annoying having the network
> suddenly stop working for about 5 minutes.) My Adaptec card also
> might benefit from the tulip updates, although it seems to work well
> enough with the driver compiled into Mackerras' 2.2.10, which I've
> dropped back to. If the updates aren't included, I'll probably just
> build my own again, but I though I'd check beforehand.
Both of these are not.. I'm going to patch tulip in the final version
which should be ready early next week. Also, I have the macserial patches,
so they will be included as well.
Regards,
Dan
Terra Soft Solutions, Inc.
Yellow Dog Linux
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