From: Andrew Gaffney <agaffney@gentoo.org>
To: gentoo-releng@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-releng] Re: Call for future requests for 2008.0
Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2008 14:12:31 -0600 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <479B942F.3000406@gentoo.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <44c849f80801261017w20010589i7b73a654d8bbce9a@mail.gmail.com>
Ryan Fantus wrote:
> It would be nice to see some of Apple's new intel hardware covered on
> an installation LiveCD. The one thing I'm referring to is the
> following. I'll just C/P from
> http://gentoo-wiki.com/HARDWARE_Apple_MacBook to show you what I'm
> talking about. It's on the newer MacBooks, the ones manufactured
> after Nov 2007. There is a networking problem that causes one to have
> to install via a Ubuntu livecd, which is definately not a preferred
> installation method. It is as follows:
>
> Only on NEW Macbooks manufactured after Nov 2007
> The newer Models include a Marvell Network Controller that seems to be
> not supported by the Kernel. (See lspci section for more info) Goto
> [1], download the driver and follow the README to get it working.
> Note: Support for the network card has been added in the 2.6.23-R3
> Kernel. Just build 'SysKonnect Yukon2' into the kernel and all is
> well.
>
> It is not possible to install to a MacBook with the Minimal CD, which
> would be preferred. Thanks.
File a bug requesting that this driver be enabled in the kernel (if the kernel
we use it new enough) along with the name of CONFIG_* option for it.
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2008-01-26 18:17 [gentoo-releng] Re: Call for future requests for 2008.0 Ryan Fantus
2008-01-26 20:12 ` Andrew Gaffney [this message]
2008-01-28 0:50 ` Chris Gianelloni
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