forcedeth

Per Foreby perf at ddg.lth.se
Fri Jun 30 01:18:00 CEST 2006


Trying to install some new AMD64 computers with NForce chipset, I noticed 
that the forcedeth driver is missing in the 2.6.16 installation kernel.

Of course, I solved the problem by compiling my own kernel with 
"CONFIG_FORCEDETH=y".

Since most newer (939/AM2) AMD motherboards use nforce, I suggest that 
forcedeth is added to the standard kernel.

This addition creates a kernel 1314196 bytes large, which is 46084 bytes 
more than the default 2.6.16 kernel. In other words: there is still plenty 
of space left when creating a fai floppy.

/Per



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