Some of the modules have parameters that you can enter in the
modules.conf. I'm not sure if this exists on the initrd.
Here's an example of my /etc/modules.conf.
alias eth0 e100
options e100 e100_speed_duplex=4
That sets the duplex to 100/Full when it loads.
You can generally find these options in the modules source code if they
aren't apparent. What specific NIC are you using?
James
Buro, Nicholas F wrote:
Hello all,
I am using the "tigon3" or "tg3" network driver on our severs, apparently
the driver only supports options using a utility like "ethtool." The problem
that I am running into is that our network ops require that we "force 100 Mb
full duplex" on our network cards in the data center to guarantee proper
configuration. But when using kickstart, the driver is loaded and wants to
auto-negotiate, and unfortunately tries to use 100/Half. I tried putting the
ethtool binary into the initrd so I could execute it in the %pre section of
the kickstart, but unfortunately the %pre section is executed after it
downloads the netstag1.img. Does anyone know of a way to execute this before
it retrieves the stage1 image, or are there any options I can pass
/sbin/loader?
Thanks very much for your help.
--Nick
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