Boytcho Peytchev wrote:
> Hi!
> a certain NE2000 card is using i/o address of 0x2A0 which is not in the
> list of addresses to be probed in
> drivers/net/ne.c for 2.0.36
> so it doesn't get probed, and so no NE2000
> once the address is added in the list and kernel is recompiled card
> works.
>
> Question is if there is a way to tell linux (at or after boot)
> where to look for the card instead of
Try add into /etc/lilo.conf (or similar)
append="ether=0,0x2A0,eth0"
or
when do boot add
boot: linux ether=0,0x2A0,eth0
first param is IRQ, second I/O port, third name ;-)
or read Ethernet-HOWTO's there is same example
>
> having to remember to modify the source for each new kernel version...
>
> B.
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