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



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Ted Knab
Chester, Maryland  21619 USA
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