That's what I thought but when I tried it, it looks like ifconfig tried running modprobe automatically. I've got stuff in /etc/network/ though, maybe something there is screwing it up.. -chris
On Sun, 11 Feb 2001, Sebastiaan wrote: > Hi, > > if you compile the driver into the kernel, you only have to do: > ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 netmask 255.255.255.0 up > > asuumed that your kernel detects your card correctly. > > Greetz, > Sebastiaan > > > On 11 Feb 2001, Krzys Majewski wrote: > > > So I'm trying to teach my boot floppies to do networking.. > > I try to insmod my NIC driver, 3c59x.c, but I get this: > > > > 3c59x.o: init_module: Device or resource busy > > > > What now? With my usual kernel this module is loaded with no options, > > and I'm trying this on the same hardware. insmod reports no modules > > loaded when I do this, so I can't see why there should be a conflict. > > > > I could compile this driver into the kernel, but then I don't know > > what to do when ifconfig tries to run modprobe. Wassup y'all? > > > > -chris > > > > > > > > -- > > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >
