Matthew Vanecek wrote:
> Can't seem to find this documented anyhwher. Currently, I have kernel
> 2.3.48 w/devfs, and the tulip driver compiled in. When I bring the
> machine up, ethernet configuration proceeds normally. (running, more or
> less, RH 6.0). however, if I take the network down, I cannot bring it
> up, using either ifup (a la RH), or just basic ifconfig. Instead, I get
> an unknown device message.
>
> So, how do you get your ethernet device to work with devvfs, at times
> besides booting up, if at all other times ifconfig tells you unknown
> device, but it works fine at boot? /proc/net/dev lists eth0 at all
> times, too.
has nothing to do with devfs, it's a broken kernel. you need to upgrade your
kernel. try on 2.3.99-pre6-3 for size. tulip(in core) is fixed in 2.3.51+
do NOT use tulip module, it's broken, it'll cause an unforgiving OOPS on
multiple loads.
-d
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