Merging latest eepro100 driver into Linux 2.4?

Hello,

I recently installed Slackware 9 and was disappointed
to encounter numerous problems getting networking to
work with the eepro100.  After visiting this list and
building/installing the latest driver against the
stock kernel I was able to get things working.  The
new driver is very helpful in that it points out
problems like the dreaded "sleep mode". 

The Linux 2.4.20 kernel appears to have a version of
the eepro100 driver from 1999, which probably leads to
many support issues like mine.  I'm curious if there
is any effort to merge the newer driver into the main
kernel tree and avoid some of these problems going
forward?

Thanks for the great drivers and support!

Zach

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