e1000 gigabit polling driver for 2.4.x

[Benjie Chen]

henry...

we definitely plan to make e1000 work for 2.4.x kernels. just haven't
got around to it yet. we will let you know when this is ready. hopefully
soon.

thanks

benjie



On Wed, Aug 29, 2001 at 06:01:01PM -0400, Henry Owen wrote:
> The e1000 Intel Gigabit polling click driver found in /tools in the cvs
> repository does not compile for 2.4.4 kernels. The version of the cvs /tools
> e1000 driver is version 2.5.11 which works for 2.2.x kernels. The latest
> version driver from INTEL is compatible with 2.4.x kernels and is version
> 3.0.16, however it of course does not have the polling extensions.
> 
> Does a version of the e1000 gigabit driver exist for 2.4.x kernels that has
> the polling extensions? Is there a plan to create a new click polling
> extension e1000 driver for 2.4.x kernels?
> 
> I took a quick look at the 3.0.16 driver and attempted to see what needed to
> be done and it looked, um,  well. ..... challenging  to add the polling:>)
> 
> Thanks,
> Henry
> 
> 

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