david parsons wrote:
> I'd be tempted to just leave the modules they way they work now,
> because in most cases module loading lets you shoot yourself in the
> foot (except, for no apparent reason, ethernet modules, where a lot
> of 'em won't autoprobe because The Computer Knows What's Best.
> Sigh.) today, and someone may actually want to take advantage of
> one module stepping all over anothers address space.
modern ethernet hardware is PCI, and autoprobes. though I do agree --
typically one should specify ethXX assign with "alias ethXX my_driver"
in conf.modules.
Jeff
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