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Re: adding modules for ethernet cards

Subject: Re: adding modules for ethernet cards
From: Wade Blackwell (wade@cisco.com)
Date: Tue Feb 8 10:33:06 2000


Thanks Wes!

        Wade B

W Bauske wrote:
>
> Wade & Jennifer wrote:
> >
> > Good morning linux fans,
> > I have just installed rh 6.1 on an hp netserver. The 3c905b and smc
> > ethernet cards were not detected upon install. Since I cannot get the
> > xserver up how can I add the software modules for these cards? I tried
> > using linuxconf but I did not know the module names (is there a list of
> > them somewhere?) and even after that I could not ping the ip address of
> > ther device itself nor the default gateway which I added. Network
> > unreachable. Any hints, tips tricks would be great. Thanks!
> >
>
> Wade,
>
> This is an Alpha-Linux list, not Intel.
>
> I looked at my module list in /lib/modules/your_kernel_level/net
> and it would seem the smc could be either smc-ultra, smc-ultra32,
> or smc9194. Try a modprobe for each module and see what the command
> 'dmesg' says the probe found. For the 3c905b, it appears the 3c59x
> driver is correct. Do the same thing with 'modprobe 3c59x' and see
> if dmesg shows it found antything. Once you have the names, you
> can use the normal linuxconf stuff to set it up. Also, do a
> 'rmmod 3c59x' to remove your test module loads before proceeding
> with configuration. Also, you might try insmod instead of modprobe.
>
> To see how the commands work do 'man modprobe', 'man rmmod', etc.
>
> Wes
>
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