Have you seen any performance increases with the ATHLON kernel? (Which I believe is why you tried this in the first place if i'm correct) Jim > (repost since it did not make it Friday) > > Thought I would pass on the results of my kernel recompile efforts and > the problems I was having with the network after the kernel was > recompiled. (posted a week or two ago) > > Recall that I was doing some work with making a new kernel for RH7.2 > and an AMD XP 2100+ chip. I did the recompile myself, started up the > new kernel and found that I no longer had a network connection. > Everything had started fine, eth0 came up, etc. ... but I could not > ping to the outside world. > > I even tried downloading the ATHLON kernel from RH with the > appropriate updated modules, etc. and just installed that directly. > Still ... NO networking ability. (networking is turned on in that > kernel) > > I finally just physically removed the card, rebooted the system and > deleted the drivers on bootup, then shutdown and rebooted again, this > time with the card reinstalled, reinstalled the driver, same IP > settings, etc. and ... the networking finally worked. No changes to > the kernel, just a deletion and reinstall of the NIC to make it work. > > Does this seem a bit odd, or is it possible that I did something to > cause this sort of problem? Comments appreciated! > > Randy Clarksean, Ph.D., P.E. > Leading Technology Designs, Inc. > 106 North Boardman Ave. > P.O. Box N > New York Mills, MN 56567 > > "Excellence can be attained if you Care more than others think is > wise, Risk more than others think is safe, Dream more than others > think is practical, and Expect more than others think is possible." - > Author Unknown > > ph: 218-385-3750 > fax:218-385-3751 > email: rclark at lakesplus.com