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"Raj, Ashok" wrote:
>
> Hello.
>
> could someone tell me how the networking NIC drivers get loaded?
>
> iam guessing that the alias field in /etc/conf.modules
>
> alias eth0 eepro100
>
> but i dont know how the ifconfig eth0 would have the module preloaded for
> use. Is this documented somewhere?

It's distro-specific AFAIK... Under RedHat and Linux-Mandrake, you set
the above line in conf.modules, then run "ifup ethX" and "ifdown ethX"

Hotplug systems like PCMCIA Card Manager also load network modules.

        Jeff

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