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Re: [patch] NE2000

To: Paul Gortmaker <p_gortmaker@xxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [patch] NE2000
From: pavel rabel <pavel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 30 Oct 2000 15:58:33 +0100 (CET)
Cc: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, linux-net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, netdev@xxxxxxxxxxx, Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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On Mon, 30 Oct 2000, Paul Gortmaker wrote:

> There is no urgency in trying to squeeze a patch like this in the back
> door of a 2.4.0 release.  For example, there are people out there now
> who are using the ne.c driver to run both ISA and PCI cards in the same 
> box without having to use 2 different drivers.  We can wait until 2.5.0
> to break their .config file.

I am not quite sure how it will work when you try to use both ne.c and
ne2k-pci drivers in the same box. Which driver will be used for PCI card?
Maybe people with both cards are forced to use inferior driver for PCI
card.

Pavel Rabel



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