>From Kevin McConnell <kevymac@yahoo.com>, Wed, Jan 29, 2003 at 11:32:44AM -0800:
>
> --- Lars Damerow <lars-rhdevel@pixar.com> wrote:
> > >From Kevin McConnell <kevymac@yahoo.com>, Wed, Jan
> > 29, 2003 at 11:13:23AM -0800:
> > >
> > > This is just something to get your mind working. I
> > > know there is a way to pass options to modules as
> > > they're loaded. Using the IRQ and base address,
> > > couldn't one conceivably assign eth0 to be one and
> >
> > That might be possible--I'll check it out.
>
> Check the notes for the drivers for details on how to
> do this. I know for the 3com cards it's possible and
> that's what I use. I once had a similar problem with
> some other brand of cards, and that's how I solved the
> problem. By saying that such and such card residing at
> this base address is eth0, etc..
> What type of network card(s) are they?
Documentation/networking/3c509.txt points out the following option:
ether=10,0x310,3,0x3c509,eth0
Is that what you meant? It looks like it.
In our workstations, the cards are 3c59x on-board ethernet and either an Intel
e1000 or Alteon AceNIC PCI card. Our servers have two on-board e1000 cards.
cheers,
lars
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