[elrepo] request for updated sis190 driver

Del del at babel.com.au
Mon Aug 10 06:55:15 EDT 2009


> Hi Del,
> 
> I've done a backport of this driver and uploaded it to the 
> elrepo-testing repository.
> 
> I backported the driver from the latest upstream source 
> (kernel-2.6.31-rc5). Most patches were OK and only a couple were left 
> out for build compatibility. The driver supports sis190/191 Gigabit 
> Ethernet Controller.
> 
> Please test this driver and report feedback here. There is also a target 
> for it on http://www.elrepo.org/bugs (under elrepo) should you need to 
> report any issues. I'm unable to test it's functionality given I don't 
> have the hardware.

Thanks Phil.

I am picking up a spare laptop with this chipset on Thursday of this 
week.  I'll install centos 5.3 x86_64 and update the driver and see how 
that goes.

Del



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