On Fri, Nov 05, 1999 at 12:44:44AM -0500, jwalsh wrote: > There is no linuxconf setting for this. This is a quasi-undocumented > feature. You need to specify it in /etc/conf.modules,example: > options 3c509 irq=9,10 xcvr=0,3 > says the first 3c509 NIC uses irq 9, and the 10bt > The second 3c905 NIC uses irq 10, and the bnc > > It may or may not work from the boot command line: > linux ether=9,,0,eth0 ether=10,,3,eth1 > > References: > /usr/doc/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO > /usr/doc/HOWTO/unmaintained/Module-HOWTO > /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/3c509.c > /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt, et. al. > > Good Luck > J. > My problem is: $ grep -i 10bt /usr/doc/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO /usr/doc/HOWTO/unmaintained/Module-HOWTO /usr/src/linux/drivers/net/3c509.c /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt $ When I put 0=10bt options 3c509 irq=9 io=0x240 xcvr=0 in conf.modules to tell the 3c509 driver to use the 10baseT port, I get the error that `0' is an unknown keyword. If I do options 3c509 irq=9 io=0x240 xcvr=0 or options 3c509 xcvr=0 so without the `0=10bt' line, I get `eth0 initialization failed'. Thx Mate > > > On Thu, 4 Nov 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 02, 1999 at 08:45:33PM -0500, jwalsh wrote: > > > use the xcvr parameter with your module. > > > A comma delimited list, one for each card of that type. > > > 0 = 10bt > > > 1= aui > > > 2 = unknown > > > 3 = bnc > > > insmod 3c509.o io=blah,blah irq=blah,blah xcvr=0,3 > > > would tell it the first card uses 10bt and the second uses bnc. > > > > Where do you put these lines? I have a simpler problem: I have a > > single 3c509 ISA card, and I'd like to tell the kernel to use the 10bt > > port. Best would be if you could tell me how to use linuxconf to do this. > > > > Thx > > > > Mate > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" > as the Subject. > -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.
