Re: Second NIC won't play
On Fri, 16 Feb 2007 18:18:41 +0000
Hans du Plooy <koffiejunkielistlurker@koffiejunkie.za.net> wrote:
> On Fri, 2007-02-16 at 17:23 +0000, Hans du Plooy wrote:
> > I have to identical Intel 100mbit network cards in my workstation. Just
> > one was plugged in and picked up DHCP when I installed, and configured
> > itself accordingly. I'm not trying to make the second one talk via a
> > crossover cable to my notebook. But I cannot get the interface up.
> >
> > # ifconfig eth1 up
> > eth1: ERROR while getting interface flags: No such device
>
> Ok, this is weird. Out of sheer frustration and boredom I did modprobe
> eepro100 - and it worked! Weird because the cards are identical...
Just a wild guess, but I believe that some drivers can only pick up one
card if they are built into the kernel, while if they are built as
modules they can pick up multiple cards. Is the Intel driver built into
your kernel in addition to being built as a module?
Celejar
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