Re: how do I specify multiple possible drivers for eth0?

From: jschlst (jschlst@turbolinux.com)
Date: Tue Feb 15 2000 - 14:52:38 EST


On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Bill Bogstad wrote:

> alias eth0 tulip
> alias eth0 eepro100
>
> and kerneld/modprobe will try them until it finds one
> that works. Or at least it appears to work in the few tests
> that have been tried. Is this just accidental or is it something
> that I can depend on? Is there a better way to do this that requires
> no human intervention?
>

This is correct behavior and is reliable. The only way to do this without
humman interaction is to compile the driver staticly (Y) instead of
(M) and the kernel will then try and find it and there will be no need for
the entry in conf.modules

Jay
jschlst@turbolinux.com

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