[NTLUG:Discuss] delaying eth1 initializatio [was: which one is eth0, and which one is eth1?

[Bug Hunter]

  I had the same problem.
 
  Go to 3com's site and download the setup disk for the 3c509 card.  Grab
freedos (www.freedos.org) and create a dos boot disk.

  don't select auto configure on the cards, but set one card up for the
0x300, and irq 10, and set the other to the next available i/o and IRQ.
save the settings to both cards.

  now, when you boot up, the cards will be separately recognized.  You
probably won't even have to specify the I/O and IRQ information, just set 
alias eth0 3c509, and alias eth1 3c509 in conf.modules.  I had this
problem Friday with RedHat 6.2.

  RedHat used to be MUCH better at auto detecting cards in ISA slots.
Since the PCI now really works well, ISA card detection is the pits.

bug

On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, m m wrote:

> Thanks Mark and all:
> 
> I fond the problem why the eth1 did not be displayed. there was a mistake in 
> the /etc/conf.midule.
> Now, I have new problem! these two NIC don't work now! these NIC are 3com 
> 3c509
> in the /dev/conf.modules
> alias eth0 3c509
> alias eth1 3c509
> options eth0 -o 3c509-0 io=0x300 irq=10
> options eth1 -o 3c509-1 io=0x340 irq=7 (or 15, have tried both)
> 
> In booting progress, both eth0 and eth1 can not bring up, the message is
> 
> ... eth0 insmod /var.../3c509.o ... insmod eth0 failed
> delaying eth0 initialization                  [failed]
> same for eth1.
> 
> check with dmesg, nothing for eth0, eth1.
> 
> what is wrong? please help.