Kernel Question

[Sean]

On 18 Sep 2000, Ben Pfaff wrote:

> Dpk <dpk@egr.msu.edu> writes:
> 
> > On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 02:49:39PM -0400, Ben Pfaff wrote:
> >    I don't know where you got your 2.2.17 kernel from, but the one
> >    that I downloaded from marvin.pa.msu.edu a couple minutes ago
> >    certainly does have a drivers/net/rtl8139.c and the appropriate
> >    configuration option in drivers/net/Config.in.  So I think you're
> >    wrong: Linux 2.2.17 *does* contain a Realtek 8139 driver.
> > 
> > It does exist, but you will not see it as a configuration option
> > unless you enable "Prompt for development and/or incomplete
> > code/drivers" under "Code maturity level options".
> 
> I guess I didn't realize that anyone ever disabled that :-)

Me either. 
I thought that option was just for looks. I didnt realize anything was
actually listed as complete. I thought Linux == Alpha, Beta software or at
least version 0.1.0.xx.xx.xx software incremented once a week.