Only the first NIC is autodetected, for a second card, you need to add
a boot parameter (if compiled into the kernel) or a line in
/etc/conf.modules (if a compiled as a module).  This is explained in
section 3.2 of the Ethernet-HOWTO (in Debian's doc-linux-text package or at
http://metalab.unc.edu/linux/HOWTO/Ethernet-HOWTO.html


On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 07:54:15PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> 
> Does anyone have a URL on how to get a second NIC to work under kernel 
> 2.2.13?  The modules directory only has dummy.o in it.  What is it I have 
> missed?  The family are getting aggrieved that what was supposed tp be an 
> upgrade seems to have removed all net access for the PCs on the private IPs.
> 
> Patrick
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, Oct 26, 1999 at 12:34:51PM +0100, Patrick Kirk wrote:
> > Hi all,
> > 
> > Effortless is one word I wouldn't use to describe the move to the 2.2
> > kernel.  Can anyone suggest why lsmod shows nothing, why I can't load the
> > tulip module or what I need to do to add a route for 10.
> > 
> > Thanks in advance.
> > 
> > enterprise:~# cat /proc/modules
> > enterprise:~# route add -net 10.0.0.0 dev eth1
> > SIOCADDRT: Invalid argument
> > enterprise:~# cd /lib/modules/2.2.9/net/
> > enterprise:/lib/modules/2.2.9/net# ls
> > dummy.o  tulip.o
> > enterprise:/lib/modules/2.2.9/net# modprobe tulip
> > /lib/modules/2.2.9/net/tulip.o: init_module: Device or resource busy
> > /lib/modules/2.2.9/net/tulip.o: insmod /lib/modules/2.2.9/net/tulip.o failed
> > /lib/modules/2.2.9/net/tulip.o: insmod tulip failed
> > enterprise:/lib/modules/2.2.9/net# rmmod de4x5.o
> > de4x5.o: No such file or directory
> > enterprise:/lib/modules/2.2.9/net# lsmod
> > Module                  Size  Used by
> > enterprise:/lib/modules/2.2.9/net#
> > 
> > 
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