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Turn off TCP checksum offload [closed]

I am programming a linux networking driver. It is almost done. When I ping between 2 PCs, everything is perfect. And then I try to use some TCP/UDP protocols, and the receiver never reply. I used ...
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How to install much newer mpt2sas driver version in debian squeeze?

Linux debian squeeze 6.0.6 (2.6.32-5-amd64) is supplied with quite an old 02.100.03.00 version of the mpt2sas driver. I do wish to install a much newer mpt2sas driver version. In know there are ...
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What is the difference between kernel drivers and kernel modules?

When I do a lspci -k on my Kubuntu with a 3.2.0-29-generic kernel I can see something like this: 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: NVIDIA Corporation G86 [Quadro NVS 290] (rev a1) Subsystem: ...
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Debian wheezy: cannot create “Hello World” module (and NVIDIA, and VirtualBox)

(EDIT: This is now solved (see the accepted answer). The problem lied with GREP_OPTIONS='--color=always'. Changing the value to --color=never resolved the problem.) First off, the details. BEFORE: ...
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Where to find source code of Linux NTFS driver?

Brief description : Linux driver gives us a chance to interface with an NTFS filesystem. Thanks to this driver, we can use built-in Linux commands on an NTFS filesystem. Ex : ls, chown, chmod, cd, ...
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Chrooted drivers

If the host has the kernel drivers properly loaded, would the chrooted enviroment be able to use them (ex. wireless, power)? Does the chrooted enviroment need its Xorg drivers to be configured or ...
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Finding Linux distribution with proper hardware driver support

To me it is a jungle to find what Linux distribution to choose... Of course one would like to use as much performance as possible from the machine. In my case I have a HP Pavilion dv6-6008eo - in ...
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Xorg -configure doesn't work with nouveau drivers

I'm having problems setting up X.org on Gentoo. At the moment I have kernel 2.6.37-gentoo-r4 installed and have built X against this kernel. I have nouveau drivers installed and they seem to be ...