Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@buzzard.freeserve.co.uk> writes:

> > Richard Earnshaw <rearnsha@buzzard.freeserve.co.uk> writes:
> > 
> > > The tlp driver doesn't find its MII, consequently the machine will panic 
> > > as soon as you try to do anything with the driver (such as run 'ifconfig 
> > > -a').  That's fatal and means you can't install anything over the network.
> > 
> > That's still specific to your card. I maintain that working by default
> > with recent common cards is more important than working with your
> > card, as unfortunate a tradeoff as that is.
> 
> That depends on your point of view.  Are you saying that the de driver 
> doesn't work with your card? or are you just suggesting that because you 
> don't have problems every one else just has to suffer?

Yes, as I mentioned in my first message, the de driver doesn't match
(and hence doesn't even try to work with) my first card, which is one
of the sizable population of tulip-clone-based boards. The de driver
only works with chips that identify themselves as DEC chips.

        - Nathan