Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 10 Aug 2000 11:43:33 +0100 | From | Ruth Ivimey-Cook <> | Subject | Re: devfs / eth micro-problems |
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At 04:44 AM 8/10/00, Andries wrote: >(i) People complain that with devfs compiled into the kernel >(but not in use) mounting by uuid or label fails.
I have another issue with devfs: I am using it 'properly', but when I shutdown the shutdown script cannot unmount /dev, and the machine hangs. Anyone know what the solution is?
(ii) I noticed recently one some machine that the two >ethernet cards had interchanged names. And indeed, >if I am not mistaken the 2.4.0-test2 change to eth_setup >causes the familiar ether=0,0,eth1 boot parameter to >assign the eth1 name to the first detected card. >I am inclined to consider this a buglet - >it is a bit inconvenient if one has to test kernel version >in the boot scripts.
Might this be the cause of the 3c509 problems I reported a while ago (and which Donald says a number of other people have reported to him)? If the ethernet card wasn't being initialised properly, perhaps you would get the effect I am seeing (no link light, TXs always collide)?
What needs to happen to the driver to adapt to these changes?
Ruth
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Ruth Ivimey-Cook ruthc@sharra.demon.co.uk Technical Author, ARM Ltd ruth.ivimey-cook@arm.com
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