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==ml
> Hello !
>
> I am running CURRENT from 27 jul.
> So, I have PCI PnP Ethernet Adaptor and wrote in kernel config:
>
> > controller pnp0
> > device ed0 at isa? disable port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000
>
> As usually this string included ethernet driver code into kernel
> and my card was found automaticly. But this time I pointed my
> eyes to dmesg output and found interesting thing:
>
> > ed0: <NE2000 PCI Ethernet (RealTek 8029)> irq 12 at device 9.0 on pci0
> > ed0: address 00:00:21:c7:5b:a7, type NE2000 (16 bit)
> > devclass_alloc_unit: ed0 already exists, using next available unit number
> > isa0: <ISA bus> on motherboard
> > ed1: not probed (disabled)
>
> So, what should do kernel when I insert new ISA ethernet into my machine and
> enable ed0 ? Logic tells that ed0 will change its name to ed1, and
> new card will stay ed0.
>
> Why my pnp ethernet was found as ed0 but not ed1 ?
>
> So, I would ask -- is this feature or bug ? If I am temporary changing my
> network devices configuration can I be sure that ethernet names will not
> be automaticly changed ?
>
> --
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> Alexey Zelkin | [EMAIL PROTECTED] (home)
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