Re: Multiple NIC cards in the same machine and 2.5/2.6

[Sergey Vlasov]

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:15:55 -0500, NoTellin wrote:

> alias eth0 ne
> alias eth1 ne
> options eth0 -o ne-0 io=0x300 irq=3
> options eth1 -o ne-1 io=0x200 irq=5
> alias eth2 winbond-840
> alias eth3 3c509
> 
> This works perfectly fine for the 2.4.x series of kernels up to 
> and including 2.4.24
> 
> However, I can't get this to work in any 2.5/2.6 kernel. The 2.6 
> series of kernels will recognize that there are 3 nic cards but 
> doesn't seem to accept 2 copies of the ne nic drivers in memory. 
> I've tested this up to and including 2.6.3.

There is no need to load two copies of the ne module.  Just use:

alias eth0 ne
alias eth1 ne
options ne io=0x300,0x200 irq=3,5


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