Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 27 Dec 1996 08:39:18 +0100 (MET) | From | Baldur Norddahl <> | Subject | Re: Two 3COM Etherlink III netcards in one box |
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On Thu, 26 Dec 1996, Bryn Paul Arnold Jones wrote:
> > I tried to put two 3com netcards in one box (to make it act as a router) > > but I couldn't get it to initialise the second one. Both works fine alone > > and I made sure there wasn't any conflicts. I use the module version of > > the driver specifying both base address and irq with insmod (also tried > > /etc/conf.modules with depmod). > > > > Ok, exactly which driver is that (3c5??), and what did you tell the module > ?
3c509.o with kernel 2.0.27.
> Was it something like: > > insmod 3c5whichever.o io=0x0230,0x0240 irq=5,6
That gives me one interface on 230h. There is no trace of the one at 240h.
> where card one is at io 0x0230, and irq 5; and the other is at 0x0240, and > irq 6 (I don't know if all modules can accept multiple values, or the > leading zero after the "0x", but ideally they should). If that dosn't > work, you can always use the -o parameter to insmod to allow multiple > instances of the driver, like so: > > insmod 3c5whichever.o io=0x0230 irq=5 -o some_significant_name > insmod 3c5whichever.o io=0x0240 irq=6 -o some_other_significant_name
The second insmod fails with "Initialization of some_other_significant_name failed". After that there is no way to get in touch with the second 3com. Even if I unload the first driver, the second one fails. I can still reload the first driver again. And if I reboot the system and load the second card first, its the first card that disappears.
Baldur
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