Hi, like (I'm guessing) alot of other folks, we were eager for the new release of CentOS/RedHat to support some of the newer intel technology (965 chipset mostly (ich8?)) I read today that Redhat 5 has been delayed until March of 2007, which would presumably put the release of CentOS 5 sometime in April.
Does the CentOS developer team have any intention of releasing (possibly a new version of CentOS 4) which would allow us to use these new chipsets?
Mainly the S5000 Server series and the 965 desktop series.
The article I am refering to is here for anyone interested: http://news.com.com/Red+Hats+next+Linux+due+before+March/2100-1016_3-614 6149.html?tag=nefd.top
-Drew
Cent will release additional support when the upstream(redhat)does.
Drew Weaver wrote:
Hi, like (I'm guessing) alot of other folks, we were eager for thenew release of CentOS/RedHat to support some of the newer intel technology (965 chipset mostly (ich8?)) I read today that Redhat 5 has been delayed until March of 2007, which would presumably put the release of CentOS 5 sometime in April.
Does the CentOS developer team have any intention of releasing (possibly a new version of CentOS 4) which would allow us to use these new chipsets?
Mainly the S5000 Server series and the 965 desktop series.
The article I am refering to is here for anyone interested: http://news.com.com/Red+Hats+next+Linux+due+before+March/2100-1016_3-6146149...
-Drew
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William Warren wrote:
Does the CentOS developer team have any intention of releasing (possibly a new version of CentOS 4) which would allow us to use these new chipsets?
I've pushed some testing kernels in dev.centos.org - but they are not recommended for production use ( just the same way that nothing on dev.centos.org is ) and might never get released! But upstream has been quite consistent in adding more hardware support at regular intervals.
btw, do you have any bug report numbers with the details for your problem on that specific hardware platform ?
I've pushed some testing kernels in dev.centos.org - but they are not recommended for production use ( just the same way that nothing on dev.centos.org is ) and might never get released! But upstream has been quite consistent in adding more hardware support at regular intervals.
btw, do you have any bug report numbers with the details for your problem on that specific hardware platform ?
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Its not really a bug, the kernel which comes with the installer doesn't support the hardware...
-Drew
Drew Weaver wrote:
Its not really a bug, the kernel which comes with the installer doesn't support the hardware...
Do you know what kernel version does, and can you point out the patch for the driver ? Maybe we can massage it into a driver that works :)
I know they added support in 2.6.18 for 965/s5000 (ich8).
ChangeLog-2.6.18-rc1:
commit 19039bd0079f282b1023e61212285b5653e3a8ad Author: Takashi Iwai Date: Wed Jun 28 15:52:16 2006 +0200
[ALSA] Add Intel D965 board support
Added the support for Intel D965 boards with STAC9227 codec.
Signed-off-by: Takashi Iwai Signed-off-by: Jaroslav Kysela
ChangeLog-2.6.18-rc2:
commit ae2c3860eb18712b71861bb6fc8d7e11e0f79e6d Author: Auke Kok Date: Tue Jun 27 09:08:30 2006 -0700
e1000: add ich8lan device ID's
Add the device ID's of the supported ICH8 LAN devices.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg Signed-off-by: Auke Kok
commit 1f9e7e3d32f7ff3fd3a936fc9ad59770b3d29774 Author: Auke Kok Date: Tue Jun 27 09:08:26 2006 -0700
e1000: allow user to disable ich8 lock loss workaround
The workaround for the ich8 lock loss problem is only needed for a very small amount of systems. This adds an option for the user to disable the workaround.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg Signed-off-by: Auke Kok
commit cd94dd0b648ceb64ca5e41d9ccfa99c1e30e92ef Author: Auke Kok Date: Tue Jun 27 09:08:22 2006 -0700
e1000: integrate ich8 support into driver
This hooks up the ich8 structure into the driver itself.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg Signed-off-by: Auke Kok
commit d37ea5d56293b7a883d2a993df5d8b9fb660ed3b Author: Auke Kok Date: Tue Jun 27 09:08:17 2006 -0700
e1000: add ich8lan core functions
This implements the core new functions needed for ich8's internal NIC. This includes:
* ich8 specific read/write code * flash/nvm access code * software semaphore flag functions * 10/100 PHY (fe - no gigabit speed) support for low-end versions * A workaround for a powerdown sequence problem discovered that affects a small number of motherboard.
Signed-off-by: Jesse Brandeburg Signed-off-by: Auke Kok
ChangeLog-2.6.18-rc3:
commit 08f12edc335d24a89ba2f50b0a5b9d12295ce198 Author: Jeff Garzik Date: Tue Jul 11 11:57:44 2006 -0400
[libata] ata_piix: attempt to fix ICH8 support
Take into account the fact that ICH8 changed the register layout of the MAP and PCS register bits.
Signed-off-by: Jeff Garzik
-----Original Message----- From: centos-bounces@centos.org [mailto:centos-bounces@centos.org] On Behalf Of Karanbir Singh Sent: Friday, December 29, 2006 2:15 PM To: CentOS mailing list Subject: Re: [CentOS] Redhat 5 delayed until march, Centos april then?
Drew Weaver wrote:
Its not really a bug, the kernel which comes with the installer doesn't support the hardware...
Do you know what kernel version does, and can you point out the patch for the driver ? Maybe we can massage it into a driver that works :)
On Fri, 2006-12-29 at 14:28 -0500, Drew Weaver wrote:
I know they added support in 2.6.18 for 965/s5000 (ich8).
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We do plan, as soon as we finish it and when it passes QA, to release a Beta version of CentOS 5 based on the sources from upstream EL5 beta 2.
Not sure exactly when that might happen, but it should be well before March.
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