Bug 198724

Summary:	net-misc/attansic_l2 - fast ethernet driver module for Linux kernel 2.6.22 (found on ASUS F5R series notebook)
Product:	Gentoo Linux	Reporter:	Sebastian Glita <gseba>
Component:	New packages	Assignee:	Default Assignee for New Packages <maintainer-wanted>
Status:	RESOLVED UPSTREAM
Severity:	enhancement	Keywords:	EBUILD
Priority:	High
Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	x86
OS:	Linux
URL:	https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.17/+bug/77725
Whiteboard:
Package list:		Runtime testing required:	---
Attachments:	new ebuild (same) ebuild targetting a tarball ebuild depend on CONFIG_NETDEVICES better yet a minor change for 2.6.23 kernel attansic_l2 ebuild kernel for 2.6.24 kernel kernel 2.6.25 attansic_l2*.ebuild kernel 2.6.25 attansic_l2 ebuild

Description Sebastian Glita 2007-11-10 18:57:50 UTC

It is an ebuild which uses a rar'ed linux driver and a patch; found via a forum.



Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Buy an ASUS F5Rseries with an Attansic L2 fast ethernet network controller.
2. Install Gentoo Linux, using a LiveCD networkless.
3. Have no access to a wireless network.

Actual Results:  
The kernel needs to be one newly compiled, and we do this operating networkless; after that do a dirty work and uncompress&patch&compile manually.


Expected Results:  
Should have had a net-misc/attansic_l2 entry in the portage tree.

Only tested for kernel 2.6.22; so the version is 1.0.x (originally), modified to 1.0.6-r22, which gives the minor and the patch version of the (implicit major 2) kernel.

Created an entry in an overlay:
$ mkdir -p /usr/local/portage/overlay

$ cd /usr/local/portage/overlay
$ mkdir -p net-misc
$ #cp /from/somewhere/attansic_l2-1.0.6-r22.ebuild net-misc
$ ebuild net-misc/attansic_l2-1.0.6-r22.ebuild digest
$ GENTOO_MIRRORS= emerge attansic_l2

Make it available on the LiveCDs eventually!

Comment 1 Sebastian Glita 2007-11-10 19:00:30 UTC

Created attachment 135656 [details]
new ebuild

for 2.6.22 linux kernels: driver for attansic L2 fast ethernet network controller

Comment 2 Jakub Moc (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2007-11-10 19:08:41 UTC

Hmm, nice... Nonexistant homepage, unversioned tarball, already requires patch for 2.6.22, doesn't work w/ 2.6.23. Well sorry but we are not accepting such things to the tree, there's enough stuff that breaks on every new kernel version.

Get the driver accepted to vanilla kernel and it will be available for everyone.

Comment 3 Sebastian Glita 2007-11-10 19:29:11 UTC

> Get the driver accepted to vanilla kernel and it will be available for
> everyone.
> 

This WOULD be the right thing to do, indeed...

> Hmm, nice... Nonexistant homepage
> , unversioned tarball

then it only needs a wrapper URI, no prolem...

>, already requires patch

same

> for 2.6.22, doesn't work w/ 2.6.23. Well sorry but we are not accepting such
> things to the tree, there's enough stuff that breaks on every new kernel
> version.
> 

the bug is there, good enough for me.

Comment 4 Sebastian Glita 2007-11-10 20:21:06 UTC

Created attachment 135674 [details]
(same) ebuild targetting a tarball

The driver is tar'ed and bzipped.

Comment 5 Sebastian Glita 2007-11-11 16:45:58 UTC

Created attachment 135754 [details]
ebuild depend on CONFIG_NETDEVICES

Comment 6 Sebastian Glita 2007-11-13 19:03:38 UTC

Created attachment 135915 [details]
better yet

Comment 7 Sebastian Glita 2007-11-13 19:04:41 UTC

Created attachment 135917 [details]
a minor change for 2.6.23 kernel

includes the 2.6.22 patch

Comment 8 Sebastian Glita 2008-02-10 18:02:26 UTC

Created attachment 143142 [details]
attansic_l2 ebuild kernel for 2.6.24 kernel

see also http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=203116

Comment 9 Sebastian Glita 2008-05-02 16:08:18 UTC

Created attachment 151638 [details]
kernel 2.6.25 attansic_l2*.ebuild

Comment 10 Sebastian Glita 2008-08-06 10:57:56 UTC

Created attachment 162350 [details]
kernel 2.6.25 attansic_l2 ebuild

also chg'd from "${S}/.." to "${S%src}"