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:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, August 21, 2007 8:38 PM > To: Vivek-Kumar Gupta > Cc: [email protected] > 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. > > > > (: (Work) +91-124-4516954 | 7: (Fax) +91-124-4516970 | > > *: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > busybox mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox > > > _______________________________________________ busybox mailing list [email protected] http://busybox.net/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/busybox
