Re: BF 2.3.6 install - 2 glitches
The modconf is wrong, according 3c509.c:
#ifdef MODULE
/* Parameters that may be passed into the module. */
static int debug = -1;
static int irq[] = {-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1};
static int xcvr[] = {-1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1, -1};
and somewhare on http://www.scyld.com (in 3c509.html):
Only the IRQ and transceiver setting may be overridden when using
the driver as a module. Setting two cards to 10base2/IRQ10 and
AUI/IRQ11 is done by using the xcvr and irq module options:
options 3c509 xcvr=3,1 irq=10,11
(xcvr: 0 = default, 1 = AUI, 2 = undefined, 3 = 10base2, 10baseT)
you simply can't set the io base address for the 3c509 module.
/usr/share/modconf/descr.gz has said the wrong thing for a long time,
it is reported in
http://lists.debian.org/debian-testing-9901/msg00004.html
under ERROR 2.
Regards,
/Karl
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From: Filip Van Raemdonck <mechanix@debian.org>
Subject: BF 2.3.6 install - 2 glitches
Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 19:10:20 +0200
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>
> Second issue, bigger problem: I needed the 3c509 module. Modconf suggested
> setting io and irq parameters, so I did (had them ready anyway). This failed
> with the error: "invalid parameter parm_io".
> I tried a couple of variations (ioaddr, iobase, ...) but nothing worked.
> I went to see in the kernel sources on another machine, and lo and behold
> there was no io parameter for the 3c509 module indeed. (Granted, it was a
> Z.4.5 source, but apparently 2.2 didn't have that parameter as well)
> I suppose this could puzzle some other users as well, could this be fixed to
> only suggesting to set irq and not io? (Probably this is a modconf bug?)
>
> Regards,
>
> Filip
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