New FC 8 kernel RPMS in updates

[Steven Moix]

Btw,don't forget to run a yum clean all if you can't see the updates. 
I scratched my head for a good 10 min before I figured that out :)

On Mon, 2008-04-21 at 17:23 -0400, Jay Estabrook wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Oliver has pushed a new set of kernel RPMS into the "updates"
> repository on buildsys.zero42.at.
> 
> Besides updating to a kernel based on 2.6.24.4, it has the following
> additional modules built:
> 
> 1. snd-es18xx - intended for use with the builtin ES1888 chipset
>    on MIATA and XP1000.
> 
> 2. eepro100 - intended for use on machines configured with one of the
>    Intel 8255[789] NIC chips.
> 
> The snd-es18xx module should support the built-in sound chip on MIATA
> and XP1000; I've yet to get it to work on XP1000, and have not tried
> on MIATA. Should anyone take the time/trouble to investigate, PLEASE
> keep us informed of any progress!!!
> 
> Pertinent to #2 above - the current e100 driver, which gets
> built by default and handles those same NIC chipsets, is having
> problems on Alpha (many "e100_watchdog: transmit timed out" msgs),
> and performance can be severely degraded.
> 
> The eepro100 driver does not exhibit this problem, so a workaround
> is to force use of it rather than e100. One does this by making a new
> entry in the /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist file, like so:
> 
> blacklist e100
> 
> Once that's done, rebooting SHOULD result in use of eepro100 and not
> the e100 driver; check it via "/sbin/lsmod | grep 100".
> 
> So, the order is:
> 1. install the new 2.6.24.4-64.2axp.fc8 kernel
> 2. edit /etc/aboot.conf to default to the new kernel
> 2. edit blacklist file to add e100
> 3. reboot
> 
> You SHOULD come up with the eepro100 driver used.
> 
> Let us know of any issues.
> 
> Good luck.
> 
> --Jay++
> 
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