LOL don't use 2.6 then, a friend of mine is using it and he told me it still buggy, especially about sound :)

I insert diff for 920B in 2.4.21
lets try attach file.

Mmm, no email :(
OK patch it
cp this_patch linux_src_dir/drivers/net
patch 3c59x.c < this_patch


--- 3c59x.c Tue Aug 5 15:48:48 2003
+++ 3c59x_new.c Tue Aug 5 15:46:50 2003
@@ -442,6 +442,7 @@
CH_3CCFEM656_1,
CH_3C450,
CH_3C920,
+ CH_920B_EMB_WNM,
};


@@ -535,6 +536,8 @@
PCI_USES_IO|PCI_USES_MASTER, IS_TORNADO|HAS_NWAY|HAS_HWCKSM, 128, },
{"3c920 Tornado",
PCI_USES_IO|PCI_USES_MASTER, IS_TORNADO|HAS_NWAY|HAS_HWCKSM, 128, },
+ {"3c920B-EMB-WNM Tornado",
+ PCI_USES_IO|PCI_USES_MASTER, IS_TORNADO|HAS_NWAY|HAS_HWCKSM, 128, },
{0,}, /* 0 terminated list. */
};

@@ -579,6 +582,7 @@
{ 0x10B7, 0x6564, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CH_3CCFEM656_1 },
{ 0x10B7, 0x4500, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CH_3C450 },
{ 0x10B7, 0x9201, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CH_3C920 },
+ { 0x10B7, 0x9210, PCI_ANY_ID, PCI_ANY_ID, 0, 0, CH_920B_EMB_WNM },
{0,} /* 0 terminated list. */
};
MODULE_DEVICE_TABLE(pci, vortex_pci_tbl);

Something went wrong. Here's the entire message it gave me. The entire thing was greek to me, so I have no idea how to troubleshoot it.

(Patch is indented 1 space.)
patching file 3c59x.c
patch: **** malformed patch at line 4: CH_3CCFEM656_1,

Ok, and I fixed the email. Stupid me checked wrong box in profile setup.

Format patch is broken by web
Download from:
http://yuray.id.ru/2.4.21.patch

The link crashes konqueror. Dunno why, but it does it every time i try it.

OK download from:
http://yuray.id.ru/2.4.21.patch.gz

You can compile the new kernel. And not delete the old one. If the new one is not stable, you can always reboot and boot the latest stable one.

How to do this?

after make bzImage, don't make install instead just cp arch/i386/boot/bzImage /boot/newkernelname

and then add an entry to your lilo.conf

image = /boot/newkernelname
root = /dev/hdXY
label = 260test2 (if u wish)
read-only

Then when you boot up at lilo menu, you can choose whichever you prefer.

The link still crashes Konqueror. I tried just yuray.id.ru and it said "internal error occurred, file not found".

I already know how to dual boot a kernel, but hearing that 2.6 is still really buggy, especially about sound (which I use heavily), i don't want to waste the effort just yet. Thanks anyway, though.

On another note, I finally got the driver that came on the asus cd to compile, but trying to load it gave me a 'device does not exist' error. I then noticed that it was for 3c90x, not 3c92x. Is the driver that came with the mobo the wrong driver for my hardware?

Install text browser lynx and from terminal

lynx http://yuray.id.ru/2.4.21.patch.gz

Hmm. Got the patch, but it still isn't working. I suspect it might be some difference between 2.4.20 and 2.4.21. I just compiled a new 2.4.21, but I have some random issues to work out of it before i can try this patch on it. I'll get back to you when I can try it.