On Thu, 2 Aug 2001, Chris Harwell wrote:
> hi,
>
> could anyone provide a work around for this?
>
> i have an onboard ethernet port, and a dual port ethernet card all
> intel eepro. stock redhat7.1 w/ 2.4.3-12 redhat kernel and 2.4.3-12-1 (i
> compiled)
>
> it seems that with different kernels or perhaps boot conditions the
> ethernet card labels eth0,1,2 order themselves differently. what i mean by
> that is sometime eth0 is associated with a different physical port than at
> other times. the driver is currently built into the kernel, before it was
> the standard redhat modular kernel.
>
> i'm assuming the irq and base adrress combination maps uniquely to the
> port and stuck a line in /etc/lilo.conf and reran lilo to fix this - but
> it seemed to have no effect at mapping to the previous config.
> it goes something like append "ether=9,0xde80,eth2 ether=9,0xcf80,eth1
> ether=10,0xcf40,eth2"
>
> what can i do to keep them constant?
>
> thanks,
>
Drivers that are built into the kernel will normaly come before drivers
that are modules. This is because the ethernet devices are numbered in
the order they are found. Drivers that are loaded as modules offer more
options because you can specify the mapping in /etc/modules.conf.
You may be able to specify what ethernet devices the built in drivers
use by using the append option in .etc.lilo.conf. I have never done
this with ethernet devices, but I have done it with other devices. If
you deside to do this, the bootprompt howto will help get you started.
In any case, the order will be the same each time you boot with the same
kernel, and the same /etc/modules.conf, unless you tell the kernel to do
things different at the boot prompt or make changes in /etc/lilo.conf to
change them.
Mikkel
--
Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons,
for you are crunchy and taste good with ketchup.
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