Re: 3Com PCI 3c905C Tornado with later kernels

Sean Swallow (sean@swallow.org)
Fri, 26 Oct 2001 13:17:02 -0700 (PDT)


List,

Configuring CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV and CONFIG_RTNETLINK in the kernel solved
my problem. In the kernel help it says that NETLINK_DEV will be removed
soon... Will Donald's drivers still work when it's removed?

Thanks again Jeff,

-- 
Sean J. Swallow
pgp (6.5.2) keyfile @ https://nurk.org/keyfile.txt

On Fri, 26 Oct 2001, Jeff Garzik wrote:

> Sean Swallow wrote: > > > > List, > > > > I am having a problem with a 3c905C and later kernels (2.4.9, 2.4.12 and > > 2.4.13). When I try to use my 3c905C with these kernels I get this error > > message: > > > > Cannot open netlink socket: Address family not supported by protocol > > > > Kernel 2.4.7 works fine with this nic tho. I also tried this on another > > machine with the same results. > > Did you upgrade your initscripts by any chance? > > Turn on CONFIG_NETLINK_DEV in your kernel config. > >

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