> happens with 1.99.14:
>
> kernel = monolithic, nearly every software compiled in. however, from a
> previous compile, there are still /lib/modules/1.99.14/* left over
>
> at booting, a NE2000 (the only network-card in the system!) is reported as:
>
> > ne.c:v1.10 9/23/94 Donald Becker (becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
> > NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x340: 00 00 e8 c6 d1 1f
> > eth0: NE2000 found at 0x340, using IRQ 15.
>
Ok, so that card has been installed and running....
> quite fine. /proc/interrupts and /proc/ioports read as follows:
>
> 0: 16970 timer
> 1: 196 keyboard
> 2: 0 cascade
> 9: 1820 + aic7xxx
> 13: 1 math error
> 14: 76 + ide0
> 15: 634 NE2000
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> this is fine, since I don't have a 2nd IDE.
>
> 02f8-02ff : serial(auto)
> 0340-035f : NE2000
> ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
> okay so far!
>
> now I go on, and type
>
> insmod /lib/modules/1.99.14./net/8390.o
> insmod /lib/modules/1.99.14./net/ne.o io=0x340
> ^^^^^^^^
Huh!? Why are you loading this driver when the driver was already loaded
at boot time?
>
> this is of course not correct. 0x340 is already being used by eth0.
> however, eth1 is detected:
>
I thought you said you only had one eth card?
This doesnt make any sense!
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