[olug] eth0 troubles

[Brian Roberson]

LMAO!

bbrush at unlnotes.unl.edu wrote:
> 
> Neal you're a god.
> 
> I don't know why I didn't have to do this for the 2.2 kernel, but I did it
> for the 2.4 and all of the sudden it was happy.  It even picked up my 2nd
> card when I put it in without a hiccup.
> 

It is beacuse you were using a module in 2.2.x ( RH 6.2 probed the
hardware and auto-configured it for you ) and now in your 2.4.x kernel
it is static, the ne2k driver as of 2.something kernel does not default
to auto-probe your hardware, as it used to lock machines up quite
frequently, however, kudzu, or the RH installer app probed your hardware
for you and configured the module acordingly


>   you have to do something like
> 
>   append ethers and then tell it the io port and irq the NE2000 is using.
> Brian
> Roberson will no doubt laugh at my clumsy explanation - he can do this off
> the
> top of his head.
> 

Well Neal, I doesnt sound like you are loosing your touch ;-)



YET!!!!

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