On Mon, 7 Aug 2006, Chuck Hast wrote:
> On 8/7/06, Eben King <eben01@verizon.net> wrote:
>>
>> eben@pc:~$ uname -r
>> 2.6.13.1
>> eben@pc:~$ find /usr/src/linux-`uname -r` -name \*.[ch] | xargs grep '"wlan"'
>> eben@pc:~$ find /usr/src/linux-`uname -r` -name \*.[ch] | xargs grep '"eth"'
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6.13.1/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c:__setup("eth", eth_setup);
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6.13.1/arch/um/drivers/net_kern.c: .name = "eth",
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6.13.1/arch/xtensa/platform-iss/network.c:__setup("eth", iss_net_setup);
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6.13.1/drivers/net/Space.c: unsigned long base_addr = netdev_boot_base("eth", unit);
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6.13.1/drivers/net/sunhme.c: if (!strncmp(dev->name, "eth", 3)) {
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6.13.1/drivers/net/tulip/de4x5.c: if (!(q = strstr(p+strlen(dev->name), "eth"))) q = p + strlen(p);
>> /usr/src/linux-2.6.13.1/net/irda/irlan/irlan_common.c:static int eth; /* Use "eth" or "irlan" name for devices */
>>
>> If you see anything additional (except maybe "rcX") in the "uname"'s
>> output, you have a modified kernel.
>>
>> Your kernel source (if installed) may be elsewhere.
>
> I am running SuSE 10.1 but it was 10.0 prior to the upgrade, and it was
> using eth1 for the wlan port under 10.0, so I am not sure if it just
> inherirted the nomeclature when I did the upgrade or what. The 10.0 was I
> think a 2.6.13 kernel, the 10.1. is a 2.6.16 kernel.
>
> Here is what I got when I did your instructions... I think that the source
> if installed is elsewhere. I will look but here is what I got
>
> RF-mobile:/ # uname -r
> 2.6.16.13-4-default
OK, you have a modified-by-your-distro kernel. If you didn't configure and
compile your kernel, someone else did. The only other person (presumably)
is your distro maintainer.
> RF-mobile:/ # find /usr/src/linux-`uname -r` -name \*.[ch] | xargs grep '"wlan"'
> find: /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.13-4-default: No such file or directory
The kernel source isn't installed to /usr/src/linux-2.6.16.13-4-default ,
so find can't look there.
What type of NICs are they? Are they using the kernel drivers, or something
like ndiswrapper?
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