From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To: "Robert L. Harris" <Robert.L.Harris@rdlg.net>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: eepro100 ?
Date: 04 Mar 2003 15:35:24 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1046792123.10855.17.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20030304141109.GI646@rdlg.net>
On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 14:11, Robert L. Harris wrote:
> in my dmesg log. Out of curiosity I tried with the alternate driver and
> that seems to have gone away. Is one depreciated or are they both
> viable and just different? The help message doesn't really say much on
> the topic.
>
> < > EtherExpressPro/100 support (eepro100, original Becker driver)
> < > EtherExpressPro/100 support (e100, Alternate Intel driver)
e100 is intels own driver which was initially proprietary but has since been
cleaned up a lot and relicensed GPL, then merged with the kernel. The e100
driver is probably the best driver to be using nowdays although both should
work reliably
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2003-03-04 14:11 Robert L. Harris
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