Greetings, all: Here's the scenario:
Intalled an older (ISA) HP LAN adapter in an HP Vectra 5/133, then installed Debian 2.0 from CD. During setup, when I went install the hp.o module "into the kernel" during drivers setup, it barked at me "device or resource busy". Neither the I/O range (0x300 -> 0x31f) nor the interrupt (irq5) is in use by anything else in the box, and the adapter is the only card in any expansion slot. I went on and finished the installation, then modified /etc/conf.modules by adding: alias eth0 hp options eth0 io=0x300 irq=5 then tried: modprobe eth0 which barked "device or resource busy". dmesg says there is no card at 0x300, but scanport says there is. /proc/interrupts doesn't indicate anyone on IRQ5, and nothing appears hung as though there is an IRQ contention -- but I tried changing it to 9 just in case... same thing. The hpncset utility shows the configuration I had in mind, and both card test and link test indicate that the thing is functioning. I tried running modconf again after checking this, still "device or resource busy". I had the same problem with an Intel EtherExpress PRO/10+ card and the eepro100.o driver. Has anyone been down this road before who can tell me how to either work around a Vectra-ism or pull my head out? (I'd rather trash the Vectra, but since it's destined to be an intranet web server at an HP site, I don't have much choice!) Thanks in advance! -- Art ----- Welcome to Planet Earth. Enter at your own risk. This product comes with absolutely no warranty! ----
