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SubjectRe: ECS DeskNote A929 (i-Buddie XP) (Kernel 2.4.18 & 2.4.19rc3)
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On Mon, 2002-07-22 at 10:29, Dave Humphreys wrote:
> I have just aquired an ECS DeskNote A929 (i-Buddie XP). This
> machine is supposed to be based on:
> SiS 740 North Bridge
> SiS 961 South Bridge
> with integrated network interface (and graphics and other features).
>
> I found that I could not make the kernel detect the network
> card, despite the fact that I had built support for 'SiS 900/7096'
> into the kernel.
>
> I found a patch which identified a need to add the SiS 740 and
> SiS 961 into pci.ids, and which suggested that this was all that was
> necessary to make the 740/961 work.
>
> I find that my kernel does not create /proc/pci which suggests
> to me something quite fundamental.
>
> I ran lspci -H2 and I get:
>
> 00:04.0 Class 000e: 00c1:0000
> 00:08.0 Class 000e: 00c1:0000
> 00:0c.0 Class 0000: 0040:0000
>
> The 0000 class code worries me, as do the vendor and device ID's.
>
> The machine came with a 'ThizLinux' CD which has 2.4.18 kernel,
> so someone has made it work, but I don't have the sources.

The GPL license requires they provide you the sources to the GPL'd code
at cost. If they fail to do so they are violating copyright law.


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