On Mon, Oct 17, 2005 at 05:43:56PM -0300, Federico Petronio wrote: > Hello, I write to you because after lot of trying I could not found a > solution for this: > > I need to force 3 NICs (3Com 905C) to use "100baseTx-FD" mode, and I > found that the correct way to do this (if I use mii-tools it does not > work Ok) is using modules options (i.e. > modprobe 3c59x options=0x204,0x204,0x204 > ) > > That works fine, but I could not figure out how to set this for the next > time the system startup. I try setting it in /etc/modutils/3c59x, I also > tried setting it in modules.conf but with no good results. As far as I > see, the modules are load previously in the boot process and the options > I set are not taken in care (is this possible? am I right or I am doing > something wrong?). You didn't mention what is your kernel version. If you are using 2.4.x, then /etc/modutils/3c59x is the right place to set the module options. After creating/updating a file in /etc/modutils/, you need to run update-modules, which will copy the info into the /etc/modules.conf. With 2.6.x kernel you create a file with options in it in the /etc/modprobe.d/ -directory and that's it. Modprobe will read the files in that directory. The syntax is pretty much the same as with modules.conf. Another possibility with 2.6.x kernel is to create /etc/modprobe.conf file and have all the info there. There is a tool to convert your /etc/modules.conf into a /etc/modprobe.conf. Personally I like the /etc/modprobe.d/ -directory and I think that it is the Debian way to do it. See man modprobe.conf for syntax of the files in /etc/modprobe.d/ If you only have the options in your /etc/modutils/3c59x, you can just copy it into /etc/modprobe.d/. Note: if you have /etc/modprobe.conf file, I think modprobe will ignore the files in /etc/modprobe.d/. > I would like to know what and in what order Debian does when booting, > and where is the right plate to set these modules options. Also > information about configuring NIC modules in Sarge could be helpful. > > I use Debian Sarge 3.1. > > Thanks a lot... > > -- > Federico Petronio > petrus@activesec.biz Simo -- :r ~/.signature
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