Re: Network lost after softboot

[John Manko <jmanko@monkeynet.org>]

Bob Nielsen wrote:

> On Thu, Sep 19, 2002 at 05:49:26PM -0700, Lars Jensen wrote:
>  
>
> > I run sid and recently upgraded my kernel from 2.2.19 to 2.4.18. When I
> > first installed sid (with kernel 2.2.19), my network card, a
> >
> > 3Com Etherlink 10/100 (3c905c)
> >
> > was immetiately recognized. I did a kernel upgrade from
> > the debian 2.4.18-686 pre-compiled kernel image, and this kernel did not
> > recognize the network card until I installed the 3c59x module, and only
> > so after a softboot from kernel 2.2.19 into kernel 2.4.18.
> >
> > Any ideas how to make 2.4.18 recognize the card after a cold boot?
> > Are there some parameters I must supply for the configuration of the
> > module?
> >    
>
> Add the following to /etc/modules:
>
> 3c59x
>
> (See man(5) modules).
>
> Bob
>
>
>  

During a kernel build, there is a section that asks if you want the 
kernel to auto-configure the network device, then it gives options such 
as DHCP, BOOTP, etc...  Perhaps this option was set to NO in the 
pre-compiled kernel.  I'm just taking a guess here.

John Manko