Bug#382945: [Yaird-devel] Bug#382945: yaird: Add support for Apple Oldworld hardware

[Jonas Smedegaard]

On Mon, 14 Aug 2006 10:53:54 +0200 Jérémy Bobbio wrote:

> I have tried to use yaird on an old Apple Oldworld 7600/132.  The
> version currently in Debian fails because of unrecognized devices.
> 
> The patch attached add supports for these machines by:
>  * ignoring the Grand Central IO controller,
>  * recognizing the MACE ethernet controller (module "mace").

Thanks.

Isn't it only the Grand Central IO controller that causes failure?

As far as I remember (not looking at the code right now) no ethernet
NIC modules are recognized at all - you are expected to explicitly add
to the config what NIC drivers you want loaded.


 - Jonas

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