I have a problem with BIOS messing up the order in which my three ethernet cards are coming up.
More specifically, I want the this: eth0 = motherboard ethernet card (eepro100) 0000:00:0e.0, 00:D0:B7:89:AD:6D, I/O at 0x2040, IRQ 21. eth1 = second card: slot 2 pci (eepro100) 0000:02:04.0, 00:0E:0C:61:15:F1, I/O at 0x3000, IRQ 20. eth2 = third card: slot 4 pci (eepro100) 0000:00:0b.0, 00:0E:0C:61:15:F8, I/O at 0x2000, IRQ 18. Currently, they are coming up in this order: eth0: 0000:00:0b.0, 00:0E:0C:61:15:F8, I/O at 0x2000, IRQ 18. eth1: 0000:00:0e.0, 00:D0:B7:89:AD:6D, I/O at 0x2040, IRQ 21. eth2: 0000:02:04.0, 00:0E:0C:61:15:F1, I/O at 0x3000, IRQ 20. The order was right until I added the third card. Yes, they are all using the same driver. When I added the third network device, the devices all shuffle around. Anybody know how to fix this or what might have caused this ? I have been trying to use the following line in my lilo.conf, which works on one other system with three NICS (2 of which are the same): append="netdev=irq=21,io=0x2040,name=eth0 netdev=irq=20,io=0x3000,name=eth1 netdev=irq18,io=0x2000,name=eth2" On the one with problems, I have 3 similar chip sets and the netdev append line does not work. Anybody else seen this and is there a work around ? Kernel : Linux water 2.6.8 #3 SMP Tue Nov 30 Distro : hybrid Woody/Sarge Original install disk: Potato Devices: lspci -v 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX Host bridge Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440GX - 82443GX AGP bridge (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 64 Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=02, sec-latency=64 I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff Memory behind bridge: f4300000-f44fffff 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) Subsystem: Intel Corp. EtherExpress PRO/100+ Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 18 Memory at f4200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] I/O ports at 2000 [size=64] Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=1M] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 00:0c.0 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec 7896 Subsystem: Adaptec: Unknown device 0053 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19 BIST result: 00 I/O ports at 2400 [disabled] [size=256] Memory at f4202000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 00:0c.1 SCSI storage controller: Adaptec 7896 Subsystem: Adaptec: Unknown device 0053 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 19 BIST result: 00 I/O ports at 2800 [disabled] [size=256] Memory at f4203000 (64-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) Subsystem: Intel Corp. 82559 Fast Ethernet LAN on Motherboard Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21 Memory at f4201000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] I/O ports at 2040 [size=64] Memory at f4100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=1M] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 00:12.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 00:12.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) (prog-if 80 [Master]) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 I/O ports at 2080 [size=16] 00:12.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) (prog-if 00 [UHCI]) Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 21 I/O ports at 20a0 [disabled] [size=32] 00:12.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 02) Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9 00:14.0 VGA compatible controller: Cirrus Logic GD 5480 (rev 23) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) Subsystem: Cirrus Logic CL-GD5480 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 Memory at f6000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=32M] Memory at f4204000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=32K] 01:0f.0 PCI bridge: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21150 (rev 06) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) Flags: bus master, fast Back2Back, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 240 Bus: primary=01, secondary=02, subordinate=02, sec-latency=68 I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff Memory behind bridge: f4300000-f44fffff Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 1 02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) Subsystem: Intel Corp. EtherExpress PRO/100+ Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 208, IRQ 20 Memory at f4400000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] I/O ports at 3000 [size=64] Memory at f4300000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=1M] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 -- ------------------------------------------ Ted Knab Chester, Maryland 21619 USA ------------------------------------------ The perception of knowledge is an egotistical farce in which humans extrapolate from random simplifications. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]