Re: Hot-Plug: initialize NIC during boot process
Osamu Aoki wrote:
> > > check /etc/network/interfaces.
> > > does the configuration have auto ethX (X being your pcmcia nic)?
> > > if it does, try removing that line, then reboot...
> >
> > No, it doesn't have the 'auto'.
>
> Sure you should not!
>
> > Nevertheless, thanks for your reply.
>
> Are you using
> ifup eth0=hotplug
>
> in /etc/network/interfaces?
My /etc/network/interfaces is:
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auto lo
iface lo inet loopback
iface eth0 inet static
address 192.168.1.4
netmask 255.255.255.0
network 192.168.1.0
broadcast 192.168.1.255
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My kernel log contains the following lines:
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22:17:41 lap kernel: Linux Kernel Card Services 3.1.22
22:17:41 lap kernel: options: [pci] [cardbus]
22:17:41 lap kernel: pci_hotplug: PCI Hot Plug PCI Core version: 0.5
.....
22:17:41 lap kernel: Yenta ISA IRQ mask 0x0498, PCI irq 11
22:17:41 lap kernel: Socket status: 30000020
22:17:41 lap kernel: Yenta ISA IRQ mask 0x0498, PCI irq 11
22:17:41 lap kernel: Socket status: 30000006
22:17:41 lap kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x115d, device 0x0003
22:17:41 lap kernel: PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
[ the kernel recognizes the NIC, but there are no further actions
[ to activate the NIC (loading module, calling ifup etc.)
22:17:41 lap kernel: VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem) readonly.
.....
[ I eject the card
22:21:40 lap kernel: cs: cb_free(bus 2)
[ I insert the card
22:21:47 lap kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 2): vendor 0x115d, device 0x0003
22:21:47 lap kernel: PCI: Enabling device 02:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
22:21:47 lap kernel: xircom_tulip_cb.c derived from tulip.c:v0.91
4/14/99 becker@scyld.com
22:21:47 lap kernel: unofficial 2.4.x kernel port, version 0.91+LK1.1,
October 11, 2001
22:21:47 lap kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 02:00.0 to 64
22:21:47 lap kernel: eth0: Xircom Cardbus Adapter rev 3 at 0x4000,
00:10:A4:DF:95:37, IRQ 11.
22:21:47 lap kernel: eth0: MII transceiver #0 config 3100 status 7809
advertising 01e1.
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As the log shows the general mechanism of hotplug does work on insert
and eject, but it does not work, if the card is in the slot, while the
laptop boots. Why this? Is something wrong with my configuration? Or do
I have to start an additional service on boot up?
My guess is: in /etc/init.d/hotplug must be a call, which checks the
presence of any hot-plugable devices. /etc/init.d/hotplug calls a script
/etc/hotplug/usb.rc. Should there be something like a network.rc or
pci.rc?
> Read more on
>
> http://qref.sourceforge.net/Debian/reference/footnotes.en.html#f56
>
> or the latest unstable debian-reference-en package I upladed tonight :-)
I did read that document, specially chapter 10.7 to 10.9. I must admit,
that I did not understand how the mapping works. An example would be
very helpful. Also I read every document, which comes with the hotplug
package in woody.
Dieter
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