Hello again, > > Hi, > > -lsmod shows > > Module Size Used by Not tainted > [various filesystems. you really use all of those? The nice thing > about modules is you don't have to load them until they're needed.] no i dont need them ... i compiled a new kernel and have this all disabled
> Well, it isn't saying here that it hates you - the module *is* loaded. > You should in fact be able to unload it and reload (with rmmod) to > see the effect repeated. now there is are the 8139* drivers compiled in kernel not module -------------8<--------kernelconfig-------------8<----------- CONFIG_8139CP=y CONFIG_8139TOO=y CONFIG_8139TOO_8129=y -------------8<--------kernelconfig-------------8<----------- > But please note that loading the module won't invoke ifconfig at the > same time; there will be more to do. ifconfig shows me that the device eth0 is up and configured right > It is worth mentoning that there was more than one available module > that can handle 8139 cards; perhaps you need the other one. > on bootup there are this messages 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.24 PCI: Enabling device 00:08.0 (0000 -> 0003) PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:08.0 PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:06.0 IRQ routing conflict for 00:0c.0, have irq 10, want irq 9 PCI: Sharing IRQ 9 with 00:0d.0 eth0: RealTek RTL8139 Fast Ethernet at 0xd4824000, 00:40:ca:bc:97:e9, IRQ 9 eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139C' > Anyways, the next part is, give us the messages that happen when you > only unload and reload the 8139too module, and what ifconfig eth0 says > after that. i compile the kernel new with network as module so i can test this and send new entries when tested thx boris
