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List:       busybox
Subject:    RE: disable network module at boot time
From:       Brian Austin <brian.austin () cirrus ! com>
Date:       2007-08-22 15:06:15
Message-ID: 1187795175.21367.22.camel () localhost ! localdomain
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Are you building network support as modules?


On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 20:31 -0700, Vivek-Kumar Gupta wrote:
> Hi Brian,
> I have never seen these lines in console logs
> ep93xx-eth version 0.1 loading
> eth0: ep93xx on-chip ethernet, IRQ 39, 00:0e:3a:11:22:33.
> Well I searched "ep93xx-eth" a lot in the scripts where it is loaded but
> I can't figure out.
> 
> I just want to Disable Network Support at boot time so that boot time
> can be Reduced. Then enable it again after boot.
> 
> If you can provide me some more insight, that will be great.
> 
> 
> Regards,
> Vivek :-
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Brian Austin [mailto:brian.austin@cirrus.com] 
> Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:38 PM
> To: Vivek-Kumar Gupta
> Cc: busybox@busybox.net
> Subject: Re: disable network module at boot time
> 
> That means your network subsystem drivers are loading.  Not the physical
> Ethernet Device.
> 
> For a device you should see something like this.
> 
> ep93xx-eth version 0.1 loading
> eth0: ep93xx on-chip ethernet, IRQ 39, 00:0e:3a:11:22:33.
> 
> 
> what you are seeing is networking support, not device support.
> 
> Like 
> Packet Socket
> IP: tunneling
> 
> and what not.
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 2007-08-21 at 07:09 -0700, Vivek-Kumar Gupta wrote:
> > Hi Everybody,
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I am using busy box for embedded device.
> > 
> > I am facing a peculiar problem.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > I want to my board to boot with network module. 
> > 
> > When kernel starts uncompressing, messages on console comes like
> > 
> > ====
> > 
> > NET: Registered protocol family 2
> > 
> >  IP route cache hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
> > 
> >  TCP established hash table entries: 2048 (order: 1, 8192 bytes)
> > 
> >  TCP bind hash table entries: 1024 (order: 0, 4096 bytes)
> > 
> >  TCP: Hash tables configured (established 2048 bind 1024)
> > 
> >  TCP reno registered
> > 
> > ....
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > NET: Registered protocol family 1
> > 
> > NET: Registered protocol family 10
> > 
> >  NET: Registered protocol family 17
> > 
> > NET: Registered protocol family 15
> > 
> > ====
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > This suggests that network module is being loaded by kernel.
> > 
> > I have compiled Ethernet as module. I want to enable network module
> > after kernel boots ( post kernel) via some script.
> > 
> > I have modified the /etc/modprobe.conf, rc.sysinit so that init
> > process don't load network module, but this modification stopped the
> > network services.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Can any one help me how to disable network module while kernel is
> > booting and enable it again after kernel boots.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > Regards,
> > 
> > Vivek Kumar Gupta
> > 
> > Marvell Semiconductor | 77A, IFFCO ROAD | SECTOR 18 | GURGAON - 122
> > 015 | India.
> > 
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> > *: vgupta@marvell.com
> > 
> >  
> > 
> > 
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