94SupraTT
06-09-2005, 10:44 PM
I plan on loading Jamie's backported usb2.0 drivers on my 6.2 drive. It is currently monte'd booting from a 3.1.1c kernel to a 3.1.5(for unscrambling of existing scrambled video).
- back up /lib/modules to somewhere safe
- delete ax8817x.o, usbcore.o, usb-ohci.o, and (if it exists) ehci-hcd.o
- copy in the new modules: usbcore.o, usb-ohci.o, and usbnet.o
- symlink usbnet.o to ax8817x.o
Also, I know this will work because of PlainBill's post.
Well, I just tried upgrading to Jamie's backported drivers.
The system was working with the original drivers, using a dummy /sbin/iptables and renamed dhclient. I moved the following modules from /lib/modules to /lib/modules/backup.
ax8817x.o p80211.o prism2_usb.o usb-ohci.o usbcore.o
kaweth.o pegasus.o rtl8150.o usb-storage.o usbnet.o
I then loaded the corresponding 2.4.20 modules from Jamie's backported drivers (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=187485&postcount=4), and created the symlink for ax8817x.o ln -s usbnet.o ax8817x.o
Upon rebooting, everything seemed to be working fine. I didn't test speed, but the connection worked properly.
Next I restored the original iptables and renamed netfilter-enable to netfilter-enable.orig. Again, everything works fine.
PlainBill
What I am unsure of though is when are the drivers actually loaded. If the monte were not there I would simply be booting from a 3.1.5 (2.4.20) kernel and would run the appropriate drivers. So my question is will running the backported 2.4.20 usb2.0 drivers on my monte'd setup cause any problems. More specifically will I lose network connectivity.
I've upgraded to usb2.0 before but it was on a 4.0.1b drive with no monte just running a killhdinitrd'd kernel.
- back up /lib/modules to somewhere safe
- delete ax8817x.o, usbcore.o, usb-ohci.o, and (if it exists) ehci-hcd.o
- copy in the new modules: usbcore.o, usb-ohci.o, and usbnet.o
- symlink usbnet.o to ax8817x.o
Also, I know this will work because of PlainBill's post.
Well, I just tried upgrading to Jamie's backported drivers.
The system was working with the original drivers, using a dummy /sbin/iptables and renamed dhclient. I moved the following modules from /lib/modules to /lib/modules/backup.
ax8817x.o p80211.o prism2_usb.o usb-ohci.o usbcore.o
kaweth.o pegasus.o rtl8150.o usb-storage.o usbnet.o
I then loaded the corresponding 2.4.20 modules from Jamie's backported drivers (http://www.dealdatabase.com/forum/showpost.php?p=187485&postcount=4), and created the symlink for ax8817x.o ln -s usbnet.o ax8817x.o
Upon rebooting, everything seemed to be working fine. I didn't test speed, but the connection worked properly.
Next I restored the original iptables and renamed netfilter-enable to netfilter-enable.orig. Again, everything works fine.
PlainBill
What I am unsure of though is when are the drivers actually loaded. If the monte were not there I would simply be booting from a 3.1.5 (2.4.20) kernel and would run the appropriate drivers. So my question is will running the backported 2.4.20 usb2.0 drivers on my monte'd setup cause any problems. More specifically will I lose network connectivity.
I've upgraded to usb2.0 before but it was on a 4.0.1b drive with no monte just running a killhdinitrd'd kernel.