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Re: Problems getting 3c509 module loaded with dbootstrap



Dermot McGahon <dmcgahon@iol.ie> writes:

> I am installing Debian Potato on a 486DX at the moment and when trying
> to add the 3c509 driver with io=0x300 irq=0x10 to the kernel I get the
> following errors:
> 
> Note: /target/etc/modules.conf is more recent than
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-compact/modules.dep
> 
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-compact/net/3c509.o: invalid parameter parm_io
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-compact/net/3c509.o: insmod
> /lib/modules/2.2.17-compact/net/3c509.o failed
> 
> My NIC is an ISA 3c509TP (Etherlink III). I'm going to need to get the
> NIC working as the PC doesn't have a CD-ROM drive.

Assuming you get the same results trying to load it from tty2 (cmd
line) using modprobe, then it's a kernel issue rather than a bf issue
and you should take it up with user support or, at worst, file a bug
against kernel-image-2.2.17-compact.

-- 
.....Adam Di Carlo....adam@onShore.com.....<URL:http://www.onShore.com/>



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