The NIC is a BroadCom 5700 10/100/1000, there exists a bcm5700 driver for this card which takes the module options in the module.conf. But I have read from a variety of places this is not a stable driver, and to use the tigon3 (tg3) (which RedHat detects and installs). I emailed the developers of this driver and unfortunately it does not take the options of the bcm driver, and the only way to give it options is with ethtool (or mii-tool). --Nick -----Original Message----- From: James S. Martin [mailto:james.martin@xxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 4:41 PM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Re: Duplex Setting with Network Driver 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 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- > Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by e-mail and then delete it. > > ============================================================================ == > > > > _______________________________________________ > Kickstart-list mailing list > Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list > _______________________________________________ Kickstart-list mailing list Kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Notice: This e-mail message, together with any attachments, contains information of Merck & Co., Inc. (Whitehouse Station, New Jersey, USA) that may be confidential, proprietary copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named on this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by e-mail and then delete it. ==============================================================================
