Having those entries is what allows you to do "ifconfig eth0" and have the lcs module loaded automatically.
Mark Post -----Original Message----- From: Abdullah Al-humaid [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 5:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: using lcs module with two type of adapters? the kernel is 2.4.7 They -WERE- the typical erros when you load a module about IRQ and stuff. I was trying to pass him the addresses but it fails. thanks to your answer I figured I do not have to do insmod anymore. now all I do is ifconfig eth0 .... and it works. Now my question is how important arethe following lines in modules.conf for the adapters configuration at boot: alias eth0 lcs alias tr0 lcs --- Vic Cross <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17.03.2003 at 18:10:15, Abdullah Al-humaid > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Can I use the same LCS module with two type of > > adapters ( TR, EN)? we have a machine running > suse7 > > and we are trying to start the ethernet adapter > while > > the TR adapter is up using the same module but it > wont > > load. > > Yes, you can do this, but the module will load only > once. The LCS module will > pick up all available adapters that have been > configured to the channel device > layer (chandev). This assumes a 2.4 kernel; if your > system is on a 2.2 kernel, > the parameters you specify to the module when it > loads must specify all of the > adapters you want. > > If you can tell us a little more about the error > messages you are seeing, we > will be able to give you some more information. > > Cheers, > Vic Cross __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - establish your business online http://webhosting.yahoo.com
