Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 2 Jan 2001 10:51:46 +0100 (CET) | From | Taco IJsselmuiden <> | Subject | Re: ne2000 (ISA) & test11+ |
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> Taco IJsselmuiden wrote: > > > > Second: I'm having problems loading my ne2000 (ISA) card as a module since > > test11 (test10 + 2.2.17 works perfectly. Haven't tried 2.2.18...): > > > > When loading the module with 'modprobe ne io=0x360 irq=4' it says: > > > > /lib/modules/2.4.0-prerelease/kernel/drivers/net/ne.o: init_module: No > > such device or address > > Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, > > including invalid IO or IRQ parameters > > <snip> > Since ne.c doesn't allow modular autoprobing, there was always an i/o > address present, and hence you could still load the module even if > there was a potential i/o space conflict. > > In test11 and newer, check_region() is gone and an unconditional > request_region() takes place, which will not allow any i/o space > conflict. In your case, 0x360 is suspect since a ne2000 is 0x20 > wide in i/o space and you are probably bumping into either: > > 0376-0376 : ide1 > 0378-037a : parport0 > > Check your /proc/ioports, and relocate your ne card as appropriate. Yep, that does the trick ;) Thanks.
<pondering> Hmm, so all this time I've had an io-conflict ... Maybe my box will get even more stable now ;)) </pondering>
Cheers, Taco. --- "I was only 75 years old when I met her and I was still a kid...." -- Duncan McLeod
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