[luau] Linksys and Red Hat (Not)

[Warren Togami]

On Mon, 2002-08-12 at 10:08, W. Wayne Liauh wrote:
> I installed Red Hat (both 7.3 and Limbo) in one of my machines with a 
> Linksys LNE100TX card.  This is the only distro that couldn't recognize 
> my Linksys card.  (Based on the difference b/t 7.3 and Limbo, it is 
> apparent that Red Hat is trying to expand into the desktop territory. 
>  But, all things considered, I am more convinced that I need to upgrade 
> my Mandrake club membership level; we definitely can't let Mandrake die.)
> 
> Can anyone tell me which of the ethernet cards supported by Red Hat also 
> uses tulip driver?

I do not appreciate overbroad comments along the lines of "Because card
X doesn't work in distro Y, distro Y is negligent to desktop Linux." 
Red Hat is negligent toward desktop Linux for other reasons. =)

You have identified a bug probably with a new revision of the LNE100TX. 
Can you find the card revision version?  The Linksys web page has
several pictures to help you identify the version by reading the chips
onboard.

http://www.linksys.com/download/driver.asp?dlid=2&osid=6

Is this a brand new retail card?  If so, may I borrow the card or I will
buy one in order to test it myself and be sure it works in Limbo beta. 
Please let me know where you bought it, and the revision version #.

After I figure out this card, I'll build you custom RPM's with kernel
drivers that should work in Red Hat 7.3.