Re: Network module options in Debian Sarge
On Tue, 2005-10-18 at 00:06 +0300, Simo Kauppi wrote:
> 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.
Far easier way... install modconf and run modconf as root... locate the
module, select it (maybe twice, once to remove and once to add) when
adding it will prompt you for optional parameters... insert your
options=...
Joe
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