Bringing up 2nd NIC card

[Ken Schweigert]

You can use the same modules as long as the kernel versions are the same.
Some modules get the version put into them and will only work with that
kernel version.

This more recent message means that you changed the contents of modules.conf
and haven't updated your modules.dep file.  'depmod -a' should fix this.

-ken


On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 11:30:34AM -0800, David McInnis wrote:
> Thank you.  The drivers were in the wrong directory.  After I moved them
> everything worked peachy.  Just one more question.
> 
> I have an identical machine that I am setting up as a mirror to the one
> I just set up.  Can I use the same pci-scan.o and rtl8139.o files that I
> just compiled or do I need to rebuild them on the mirror machine?
> 
> Also when I did 'modprobe rtl8139' I got the following message:
> 
> Note: /etc/modules.conf is more recent than
> /lib/modules/2.4.10-12a/modules.dep
> 
> Is this significant?  I tried "touch" on the files, but I still get this
> message.  
> 
> David McInnis
> 
> 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> [mailto:yellowdog-general-admin@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com] On Behalf
> Of Ken Schweigert
> Sent: Friday, March 29, 2002 10:31 AM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.terrasoftsolutions.com
> Subject: Re: Bringing up 2nd NIC card
> 
> David,
> 
> In your /etc/modules.conf file put something like:
>   alias eth1 rtl8139
> 
> You will also need to create a /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth1
> with the appropriate interface and IP address.
> 
> Also, do a 'depmod -a' to recreate your dependancy file.  If you don't
> see any errors you should be able to do 'modprobe rtl8139' and it will
> load pci-scan and then rtl8139.
> 
> Then just do a '/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart' and you should be
> in business.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
> -- 
> -Ken Schweigert, Aspiring Network Administrator
> Byte Productions, LLC
> http://www.byte-productions.com
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Mar 29, 2002 at 10:21:08AM -0800, David McInnis wrote:
> > I am running YDL 2.1 with kernel 2.4.10-12a.
> > 
> > I have a network running on the integrated NIC that comes with my G4.
> > 
> > I have added a second NIC (MacSense by xsense that uses the Realtek
> > (rtl8139) chipset.) to this machine.
> > 
> > I went to Web and found a driver, downloaded the source and compiled
> > driver.  This compilation yielded 2 files:  pci-scan.o and rtl8139.o.
> > 
> > I then do:
> > 
> > insmod pci-scan.o
> > insmod rtl8139.o
> > 
> > to bring up the interface.  Hey, it works.
> > 
> > My problem is this. Where do I need to call these in order for the
> > interface to come up at boot?  I want both (the current eth0 and the
> new
> > eth1) to be activated at boot.  Will they be inserted in that order (I
> > have tried to insert rtl8139.o without the pci-scan.o and it fails)?
> > 
> > Currently I have them in /lib/modules/2.4.10-12a/net.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > David McInnis
> > 
> > 
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-Ken Schweigert, Aspiring Network Administrator
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http://www.byte-productions.com
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