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Re: auto modules



On Mon, Mar 11, 2002 at 04:35:06PM -0600, Danny Sauer wrote:
> That'd be fine too, but it's not automagically doing that either.  Is that
> some kind of "alias eth0 3c509" line or what?  This is a pretty old system,
> and the automatic hardware detection isn't finding the NIC.

Right.  Just edit /etc/modules.conf appropriately.

> --Danny, who should really just build a kernel with support built in anyway

If it is an ISA NIC, that won't help.  In addition to the "alias eth0
3c509", you need to add a line like this:

    options 3c509 io=0x300 irq=11

(or whatever).  Then set it up like you would any other network
interface.

Steve
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