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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: 2.1.8x: ISA ne2000 as a module broken
From:       David Wragg <dpw () doc ! ic ! ac ! uk>
Date:       1998-01-31 18:54:25
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Horst von Brand <vonbrand@pc17.usm.edu.ec> writes:
> When trying to insmod (from modutils-2.1.71) the module, it fails claiming
> not to find the card. 2.1.78 works fine (the kernels in between have
> serious problems with NFS(also module) from a plain RedHat-5.0/2.0.32
> system too: They hang at random). Latest kernel I tried is 2.1.84. Besides,
> something changed in 2.1.84, so kerneld compiled for that one won't work on
> earlier kernels.
> 

I have an ISA NE2000-clone in my machine, and it has worked fine in
recent 2.1 kernels, including 2.1.83.

Looking at drivers/net/ne.c, it doesn't probe if compiled as a module,
and I seem to remember that it once did, so maybe the problem is that
you need to specify the io ports and irq explitly. I have the
following lines in my conf.modules:

alias eth0 ne
options ne io=0x300 irq=10 

--
Dave Wragg

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