Messages in this thread |  | | From | (H. Peter Anvin) | Subject | Re: ethernet card | Date | 3 Jun 1996 15:50:31 GMT |
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In article <31963656.351269C5@stcloud.msus.edu>, Matthew M. Lenz <lenzm01@stcloud.msus.edu> wrote: > > I have been curious about a possible change to the drivers/net/ne.c > this driver doesnt probe base 0x240 (been patching it manually since > the single digit 1.3.x and it works great) I thought this might be > useful for a possible perminent change to the driver. (I was told this > was the place to mention it.) It is on line 68:drivers/net/ne.c > I personally dont care if I have to patch it periodically but this might > help other linux users that dont feel comfortable.. _messin_ >
I believe the ne probe is very dirty, so that is probably the reason. Use the ether= kernel command line option to override the defaults.
-hpa
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