On 16/07/2008, ronys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Good question. > > I may have something wrong when trying to install the module manually, since > putting in in /lib/modules/... and running depmod didn't work under reboot,
Verify the installation by trying to modprobe (instead of insmod) the module. If this works then the next step is to fiddle with modprobe.conf and friends (udev rules?) such that modprobe ethX also loads the correct module. > so I just assumed that it was required by the kernel before / was mounted. Probably not, inside initrd image there are only modules needed to mount / (e.g scsi and raid controller drivers) > > > Rony > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > On Behalf Of Baruch Siach > Sent: Wednesday, July 16, 2008 6:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Cc: 'Rami Rosen'; linux-il@cs.huji.ac.il > Subject: Re: NIC woes with Debian & MSI MS-7507 > > > Hi Rony, > > On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 06:07:19PM +0300, ronys wrote: > > Hi Rami, > > > > Thanks - getting the latest driver from the vendor fixed the problem. > > The vendor's tarball builds a module outside the source tree, and works > fine > > with rmmod/insmod. Getting it to build as part of the kernel source tree > so > > that initrd will pick it up was a bit of a hassle, but that's probably my > > lack of experience. All's well that ends well, though. > > Why do you need those NIC drivers in initrd? Is this driver needed for the > initial boot phase? > > baruch > > -- > ~. .~ Tk Open Systems > =}------------------------------------------------ooO--U--Ooo------------{= > - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - tel: +972.2.679.5364, http://www.tkos.co.il - > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
