Re: NIC Recognition

[Stephen Tenhet <stenhet saftek com>]

I appreciate the help.

I tried the rmmod and insmod and get a "device or resource busy" error
followed by the Hint:... 



ABrady wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 16 Apr 2001 22:51:47 -0500 Stephen Tenhet <stenhet saftek com>
> spake unto us:
> 
> > Running Redhat 7.0
> >
> >
> > I had a problem with a D-Link DFE-550Tx nic card, so I removed it.
> >
> > I installed a Linksys LNE100TX card. This card is supposedly supported
> > by the tulip.o file. I configured everything, but continue to get
> > startup messages indicating the card is not being activated.
> > Specifically insmod failure and the hing that the IO or IRQ may not be
> > set properly. This is a pci card.
> >
> > I really need some help getting the network card setup. Any ideas would
> > be appreciated.
> 
> Have the same problem (7.1 won't be installed till my new machine gets
> here). I tried rmmod followed by insmod & it worked. Then I brought up
> eth0 just fine. I finally put commands at the end of rc.local to do the
> work on reboot.
> 
> Here's what I added:
> 
> /sbin/ifdown eth0 > /dev/null 2>&1
> /sbin/rmmod tulip > /dev/null 2>&1
> /sbin/insmod tulip > /dev/null 2>&1
> /sbin/ifup eth0 > /dev/null 2>&1
> /sbin/firemasq > /dev/null 2>&1
> 
> The rmmod likely isn't necessary, but it doesn't hurt anything and avoids
> problems if the driver decides to work right later. Same with the ifdown
> part.
> 
> Note that this has been necessary for me with the 2.4 kernels for some
> reason. I also get the same error about an IRQ conflict but, it works just
> fine after doing the little tricks above. This happens with the same board
> you have, the DLINK board I have, and a board that uses the ne2k-pci
> module. It happens with redhat-released kernels and self-compiled kernels.
> 
> --
> Speed kills. Slow infuriates.
> 
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