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linux-source-2.6.15 package

  1. Bug #38865
  2. Comment #47

Comment 47 for bug 38865

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Ben Collins (ben-collins) wrote : Re: [Bug 38865] Re: sky2 driver freezing system after ifdown and ifup

On Mon, 2006-07-24 at 16:00 +0000, pogets wrote:
> To permanently use sk98lin, I have simply moved the sky2.ko file to some
> other location from the /lib/modules/2.6.15-26-386/kernel/drivers/net
> directory. That way, only sk98lin gets loaded at boot and works fine - I
> always bring up the network manually (ifup eth0) with different scripts
> depending on my location, but I think it should also work automatically
> if you have set it up that way.

sudo bash
echo blacklist sky2 > /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-sky2
exit

This will make it permanent even across upgrades.