[lug] 3Com 905c problem

[Rob Riggs]

Doug Wendel wrote:
> 
> The driver I've been using is the 3x59x supplied with the distribution. Each
> time I boot the system I get a [FAILED] entry under eth0. The board does
> show up under /proc/ioports and /proc/interrupts with the correct hardware
> settings if I manually load the driver (i.e. "modprobe 3c59x", "ifconfig
> eth0 up").

Sounds like you need the following line added to your /etc/conf.modules:

	alias eth0 3c59x

This tells the kernel which network driver to load when it is bringing
up your eth0 interface.

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Rob Riggs
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