[eepro100] AW: eepro100 not loading in RedHat Linux 7.2

Poppi, Sandro Sandro.Poppi@wacker.com
Fri Feb 1 05:11:01 2002


Hi again,

I found out that another start script which makes use of ifconfig eth1 up
was running prior the network start script. Changing the start order solved
the problem.

Sorry for any inconveniances!

Have a nice weekend,
Sandro

>  -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
> Von: 	Poppi, Sandro  
> Gesendet:	Mittwoch, 30. Januar 2002 09:40
> An:	'eepro100@scyld.com'
> Betreff:	eepro100 not loading in RedHat Linux 7.2
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I've ran into a weird problem using RH linux 7.2, kernel 2.4.9-13:
> 
> In the pc there is an eepro100 based nic onboard (eth0) and a 
> second pci nic (3COM 3c905, eth1) installed. When rebooting 
> the (self-adjusted) kernel the only module loaded is 3c59x.o 
> for eth0 and eth0 is up (ifconfig) but not working correctly. 
> When unloading 3c59x.o and doing an insmod eepro100.o eth0 is 
> working fine. My /etc/modules.conf looks like this:
> 
> alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
> alias eth0 eepro100
> options eepro100 options=48 # 100Mb FD
> alias eth1 3c59x
> 
> Any hint is apreciated.
> 
> TIA,
> Sandro