On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 12:58:35PM -0500, Michael Heldebrant wrote: > On Sat, 2001-10-06 at 10:48, dman wrote: > > On Sat, Oct 06, 2001 at 11:00:22AM +0100, Matthew Sackman wrote: > > | It's a module. The natsemi module. It loads fine without there being > > | anything relating to eth0 anywhere under /etc/modutils. > > | > > | Weird - I simply never knew this should be there. In fact, come to > > | think of it, on all the boxes I've set up I've never put eth0 in there > > | and I've never had a problem. > > | > > | Any ideas? > > > > Maybe the kernel is better at identifying the module automagically? > > If you run 'lsmod' does it show the natsemi module? Yes, it's shown. > > Just a guess, but perhaps the module is listed in /etc/modules to load > at run time on other machine, therefore not needing an alias in the > aliases file. Putting it in the aliases file allows it to be autoloaded > when the net is needed IIRC. That would make sense - it is forced loaded at boot from /etc/modules. I generally force load any module that I judge to be crucial (like all the iptables modules and the network cards - I don't leave it up to the kernel autoloader (although that is enabled and works for various FS modules that I occasionally use). Well I guess that's cleared that up then! Cheers, Matthew -- Matthew Sackman Nottingham, ENGLAND --------------------------------------------------------------------- The contents of this email are intended for the indicated recipient(s) only. This may or may not be indicated in the above email as it is enormously easy to fake email addresses (see the relevant RFCs). For security reasons this email is likely to be gnupg signed. On the other hand it may not be if I forgot to do so. In any case, if you are reading this on a Windows based computer then there was no point in me doing so (provided that I remembered) as your computer is most likely being used by yourself and 2.8 other people at the same time (normally without your consent). No responsibility will be accepted by anyone for any of the contents of this email. So tough. If in doubt, go compile Mozilla. --------------------------------------------------------------------
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