Complete NPE-driver from sda1?

Hi,

i'm playing with kexec on my Debianslug (bootstrap, 2.6.19)
and try
booting a second kernel completely from sda1. At the moment
i can
start the second kernel and can login via serial terminal.
Now i have two problems:
The --append parameter from kexec do not work, so i must set
the
kernel-cmdline before compile.
The second problem is, i have not ethernet connection. How
can i run
the NPE-driver? I think the new open source driver needs the
microcode
that is normally installed on the flash and i found a
ixp4xx-npe
package that installs NPE-B on /lib/firmware/ . But where do
i find
and install the driver? 
The second kernel is still the same version as the first, so
i can use
the same rootfs and kernel-modules on sda1 for both kernels.
This
simplified my first tests.

Any ideas?

Regards
Sinclair




 
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--- In nslu2-general@yahoogroups.com,
"sinclair73de" <sinclair73...>
wrote:
>
> Hi,
> 
> i'm playing with kexec on my Debianslug (bootstrap,
2.6.19) and try
> booting a second kernel completely from sda1. At the
moment i can
> start the second kernel and can login via serial
terminal.
> Now i have two problems:
> The --append parameter from kexec do not work, so i
must set the
> kernel-cmdline before compile.
> The second problem is, i have not ethernet connection.
How can i run
> the NPE-driver? I think the new open source driver
needs the microcode
> that is normally installed on the flash and i found a
ixp4xx-npe
> package that installs NPE-B on /lib/firmware/ . But
where do i find
> and install the driver? 
> The second kernel is still the same version as the
first, so i can use
> the same rootfs and kernel-modules on sda1 for both
kernels. This
> simplified my first tests.
> 
> Any ideas?
> 
> Regards
> Sinclair
>

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