Re: Problems with 2 cards

Glynn Clements (glynn@sensei.co.uk)
Fri, 11 Sep 1998 22:33:40 +0100 (BST)


rmaestrali@goldencross.com.br wrote:

> I have 3c509 cards installed in a Linux system (1 - 006097BB8984 -
> I/O=0x210 - IRQ=5, 2 - 00A02407C690 - I/O=0x230 - IRQ=10). When I run
> insmod 3c509, only the first one is detected and if I run the command again
> it says that there is a 3c509 driver already installed. What should I do ?

The simple solution is to put

alias eth0 3c509
options eth0 irq=5

alias eth1 3c509
options eth1 irq=10

in /etc/modules.conf and let kerneld do the rest.

> I already put in the lilo.conf append="ether=0,0,eth0 ether=0,0,eth1" and
> not worked, I replaced with the I/O address and nothing

`append=...' is irrelevant for drivers which are loaded as modules; it
only applies to those which are compiled into the kernel.

-- 
Glynn Clements <glynn@sensei.co.uk>
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