Re: Why can't I force the NIC driver to load???
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999, Robert W. Mudge Miller wrote:
: Dear Linux folk:
:
: My NIC (a Winbond W89C940 type) is not detected at boot time because its
: PCI ID is unknown (as predicted in the Ethernet-HOWTO, Sec 3.4). I am
: running Caldera OpenLinux Lite V1.1, Linux kernel v2.0.29. I am following
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: --------------------------------------------------------
: >From the Ethernet-HOWTO:
:
: 3.4 Problems with NE1000 / NE2000 cards (and clones)
:
: Problem: PCI NE2000 clone card is not detected at boot with v2.0.x.
:
: Reason: The ne.c driver up to v2.0.30 only knows about the PCI ID number
: of RealTek 8029 based clone cards. Since then, Winbond and Compex have
: also released PCI NE2000 clone cards, with different PCI ID numbers, and
: hence the driver doesn't detect them.
:
: Solution: The easiest solution is to upgrade to a v2.0.31 version of the
^^^^^^
: linux kernel. It knows the ID numbers of about five different NE2000-PCI
: chips, and will detect them automatically at boot or at module loading
: time.
Try a new kernel. 2.0.29 is full of security holes anyway.
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Nathan Norman
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