Re: [TCLUG:9366] dual ethernet module loading

[Jim Raney <seumas@mad-seumas.net>]

Try adding "alias 3c509 eth0" and "alias 3c509 eth1" (or the format may be
reversed, ie "alias eth0 3c509", can't remember right now) in
/etc/conf.modules and see if that loads them both correctly.

--

Jim Raney

"I poured spot remover on my dog.  Now he's gone."
		--Steven Wright

On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Carl Wilhelm Soderstrom wrote:

>         at the recent installfest, I got my new firewall-to-be set up with 2
> ethernet cards (3c509s). it took several advanced people some time to figure
> out that we needed to put '/sbin/modprobe 3c509' at the end of
> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit, to make sure the modules were loaded.
>         I decided to upgrade the box to RH 6.1. (foolish me).
>         since then, I can't get the modules to load at boot time.
>         I put '/sbin/modprobe 3c509' in rc.sysinit; and at boot time I see
> "can't locate module 3c509"
>         trying the same command from the command line after boot, also gives
> "can't locate module 3c509".
>         trying '/sbin/modprobe /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/3c509.o' gives 'no
> dependendcy information for module /lib/modules/2.2.12-20/net/3c509.o"'
>         so I tried doing a 'depmod -a'; which generated a modules.dep file
> (just like the /lib/modules/2.2.5 directory had). still gives the same error.
> 
>         I can get the modules to load if I do:
> insmod 3c509
> ifup eth0
> ifup eth1
>         but I tried doing this at boot time (putting those lines at the end
> of the rc.sysinit file); and it always gives a "resource busy" error (or
> something like that) at boot time.
>         
>         what's wrong here?
>         would putting some boot parameters into lilo help? (I wouldn't think
> so, but...)  if so, what should they be?
> 
> thanks,
> Carl Soderstrom
> System Administrator	307 Brighton Ave. 
> Minnesota DHIA		Buffalo, MN	
> carls@agritech.com	(612) 682-1091
> 
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