On 24.04.09 03:24, [email protected] wrote: > At boot with Linux 2.6.26-2-686 I see > 8139cp 0000:00:0f.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible > chip > 8139cp 0000:00:0f.0: Try the "8139too" driver instead. > 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28 > ACPI: PCI Interrupt 0000:00:0f.0[A] -> GSI 18 (level, low) -> IRQ 18 > eth0: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xe000, 00:0c:76:7d:c6:7d, IRQ 18 > eth0: Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8101' > $ lsmod|grep 8139 > 8139too 20320 0 > 8139cp 16800 0 > mii 4896 2 8139too,8139cp > > Questions: > Should it say "trying" instead of "try"? as it seems to try it itself anyway. > > If 8139too is to be used "instead", then why is 8139cp still shown by lsmod?
apparently because it got loaded but not unloaded On 24.04.09 08:23, [email protected] wrote: > Now in 2.6.29-1-686 it just says > 8139cp 0000:00:0f.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 10) is not an 8139C+ compatible > chip, use 8139too > I assume "use" here is short for "using" and means "I, the emitter of > this message, will use", and not "you, the person reading this message, > should use", and thus I needn't worry about it. I think that it's the module telling user to try/use another module, but not loading it. It's other script that loads 8139too. -- Matus UHLAR - fantomas, [email protected] ; http://www.fantomas.sk/ Warning: I wish NOT to receive e-mail advertising to this address. Varovanie: na tuto adresu chcem NEDOSTAVAT akukolvek reklamnu postu. Windows found: (R)emove, (E)rase, (D)elete -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [email protected] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [email protected]
