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["Ron Clarke" <ariadne AT ausreg.com>]

Hi Steven,

On Mon, 29 Jan 2007 17:16:45 +1300, 3aoo-cvfd AT dea.spamcon.org wrote:

> Ron Clarke wrote:

>> I am still trying to find out what module(s) I can use to
>> get either BL3 or BL2 to fire up the unknown ethernet on
>> the motherboard of my new machine.  It is a Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9
>> with a nForce4-4X chipset.  Newer distros (SW 10, Knoppix 5,
>> Suse 10, Ubuntu) all take it in their stride

> Does lsmod not tell which module they are using for
> the NIC?

   No. It just deals with snd and usb.

>  And what about dmesg?  Doesn't it show the
> NIC type just before the eth0 line?

   I tried with SW10.2.

   dmesg  [enter] just gives me a lot of almost identical groups of lines
relating to hotplug.

   There is no eth0 line in /var/log/dmesg.

   However, in /var/log/messages I came across pairs of dated lines:

darkstar kernel: eth0: forthdeth.c: subsystem: 01458:e000 bound
  non-relevant lines
   -
   -
darkstar logger: /etc/rc.d/rc.inet1: /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down


  Does this mean the the driver I would want is forthdeth.c  ?

  I don't fancy my chances for BL3.  :(

Regards,
        Ron




Ron Clarke
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