2003-06-06 21:25:55

by jmerkey

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Subject: 2.4.20 Modprobe setting of eth0,eth1 does not seem to work



In 2.4.20 if I attempt to use the Intel multiport e1000 drivers with
modules.conf trying to hard set the eth0,eth1, etc. assignments modprobe does
not appear to be assigning the adapter aliases correctly. I am assuming
this may be due to an interface issue between the Keyboard and monitor. :-)

Modules.conf file attached. Anyone got any ideas here?

Jeff



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2003-06-06 21:54:00

by Lauro, John

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Subject: RE: 2.4.20 Modprobe setting of eth0,eth1 does not seem to work

I assume you mean between keyboard and chair???

Anyways...

If I do anything semi-advanced with e1000 cards, I end up getting
Intel's drivers. It's a minor pain when switching kernel versions
(especially to a different version number) as the default scripts
assume you are already booted (uname -r) in the kernel you are
building for and are not part of the kernel source tree...

I suggest you try e1000-5.0.43 from Intel, and also iANS-2.3.35 (or
higher if either of them have updates).

I don't know if you are doing any advanced features like vlan tagging
or not. Anyways, it's one area that drivers from Intel's site does
work better then the native stock kernel drivers. Specifically as an
example, virtual Ethernets over different vlan tags when combined with
vmware gsx server works with Intel's iANS, but not with the stock vlan
support.

I know, it doesn't answer your question... but it gives you something
else to try...

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 5:40 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: 2.4.20 Modprobe setting of eth0,eth1 does not seem to work
>
>
>
> In 2.4.20 if I attempt to use the Intel multiport e1000 drivers with
> modules.conf trying to hard set the eth0,eth1, etc. assignments
modprobe
> does
> not appear to be assigning the adapter aliases correctly. I am
assuming
> this may be due to an interface issue between the Keyboard and
monitor. :-
> )
>
> Modules.conf file attached. Anyone got any ideas here?
>
> Jeff
>

2003-06-06 22:49:30

by jmerkey

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Subject: Re: 2.4.20 Modprobe setting of eth0,eth1 does not seem to work


I am using 4.6.11 from their website, which is the version needed to run the
chipsets on the multi-port cards. Is my modules.conf syntax correct? I believe
it is which eads me to believe the driver is busted. I reviewed their probe
function and it looks correct.

Any help is appreciated.

Jeff



On Fri, Jun 06, 2003 at 06:04:41PM -0400, Lauro, John wrote:
> I assume you mean between keyboard and chair???
>
> Anyways...
>
> If I do anything semi-advanced with e1000 cards, I end up getting
> Intel's drivers. It's a minor pain when switching kernel versions
> (especially to a different version number) as the default scripts
> assume you are already booted (uname -r) in the kernel you are
> building for and are not part of the kernel source tree...
>
> I suggest you try e1000-5.0.43 from Intel, and also iANS-2.3.35 (or
> higher if either of them have updates).
>
> I don't know if you are doing any advanced features like vlan tagging
> or not. Anyways, it's one area that drivers from Intel's site does
> work better then the native stock kernel drivers. Specifically as an
> example, virtual Ethernets over different vlan tags when combined with
> vmware gsx server works with Intel's iANS, but not with the stock vlan
> support.
>
> I know, it doesn't answer your question... but it gives you something
> else to try...
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]
> > Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 5:40 PM
> > To: [email protected]
> > Cc: [email protected]
> > Subject: 2.4.20 Modprobe setting of eth0,eth1 does not seem to work
> >
> >
> >
> > In 2.4.20 if I attempt to use the Intel multiport e1000 drivers with
> > modules.conf trying to hard set the eth0,eth1, etc. assignments
> modprobe
> > does
> > not appear to be assigning the adapter aliases correctly. I am
> assuming
> > this may be due to an interface issue between the Keyboard and
> monitor. :-
> > )
> >
> > Modules.conf file attached. Anyone got any ideas here?
> >
> > Jeff
> >
>
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2003-06-10 22:57:22

by Chris Leech

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Subject: RE: 2.4.20 Modprobe setting of eth0,eth1 does not seem to work

Jeff,

It looks like you're following instructions from an old document about
working with ISA network drivers. Modern PCI drivers can safely probe
for devices, do not need manual IRQ settings, and do not require loading
multiple copies of the driver. The various "option ethX -o e1000-X"
lines in your modules.conf are not needed, as loading e1000 once will
find all supported devices and register all of your eth interfaces.
Also e1000 does not recognize either the io or irq parameters, so those
settings do nothing.

If you need force specific assignments of interface names to network
devices, the best way to do it is to map names to MAC addresses. The
tool used to rename network interfaces is nameif, and a document
describing it's use can be found at
http://www.xenotime.net/linux/doc/network-interface-names.txt

- Chris

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Friday, June 06, 2003 2:40 PM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: 2.4.20 Modprobe setting of eth0,eth1 does not seem to work
>
> In 2.4.20 if I attempt to use the Intel multiport e1000 drivers with
> modules.conf trying to hard set the eth0,eth1, etc.
> assignments modprobe does
> not appear to be assigning the adapter aliases correctly. I
> am assuming
> this may be due to an interface issue between the Keyboard
> and monitor. :-)
>
> Modules.conf file attached. Anyone got any ideas here?
>
> Jeff