Re: Initialization order of PCI devices

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jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com said:
> To be honest if you can eliminate the need for ordering ethX drivers
> in the kernel, I would be happy. I'm just not sure you can... you
> might need a special ethX order if you have multiple cards and want to
> do a netboot, or use NFSroot.

Pass a command line parameter telling the kernel the MAC address of the
card you want it to use. Or let it send bootp requests through every card
it can find.

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