Graham,

You can edit the "/etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules" file to reorder 
the interface names.

Lonnie

On May 4, 2011, at 3:30 PM, Graham S. Jarvis wrote:

> Hello all,
> 
> I'm "playing with a Traverse Technologies Viking ADSL2+ card and here are my
> experiences so far.
> 
> Firstly, although the 8139cp module is listed in rc.modules
> 
> astlinux # cat rc.modules
> # These modules get modprobe'd when the system starts up.
> #rtc
> #Comment out the modules you don't need, and change the order to
> #move eth0 to eth1, etc.
> #Ethernet support
> #10/100 first, then Gigabit
> 3c59x
> typhoon
> tulip
> eepro100
> natsemi
> forcedeth
> 8139cp
> 8139too
> via-rhine
> pcnet32
> acenic
> e1000
> ns83820
> r8169
> tg3
> sk98lin
> 
> it doesn't exist on the system,
> 
> astlinux # modprobe 8139cp
> FATAL: Module 8139cp not found.
> 
> astlinux # find / -name "8139*"
> /sys/bus/pci/drivers/8139too
> /sys/module/mii/holders/8139too
> /sys/module/8139too
> /oldroot/mnt/asturo/lib/modules/2.6.27.49-astlinux/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.ko
> /lib/modules/2.6.27.49-astlinux/kernel/drivers/net/8139too.ko
> 
> 
> The Ethernet controller on the Viking card is however being loaded with the
> 8139too driver.
> 
> 
> astlinux # lspci -vvvvv
> [SNIP]
> 02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd.
> RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+ (rev 20)
>       Subsystem: Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL-8139/8139C/8139C+
>       Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
> Stepping-
> SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
>       Status: Cap- 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
> <TAbort-
> <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
>       Latency: 66 (8000ns min, 16000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
>       Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 16
>       Region 0: I/O ports at 1000 [size=256]
>       Region 1: Memory at 40200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256]
>       Kernel driver in use: 8139too
>       Kernel modules: 8139too
> 
> 02:08.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corporation 82801BA/BAM/CA/CAM Ethernet
> Controller (rev 01)
>       Subsystem: Compaq Computer Corporation EtherExpress PRO/100 VM
>       Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- 
> Stepping-
> SERR+ FastB2B- DisINTx-
>       Status: Cap+ 66MHz- UDF- FastB2B+ ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- 
> <TAbort-
> <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR- INTx-
>       Latency: 66 (2000ns min, 14000ns max), Cache Line Size: 32 bytes
>       Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 20
>       Region 0: Memory at 40000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K]
>       Region 1: I/O ports at 1800 [size=64]
>       Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
>               Flags: PMEClk- DSI+ D1+ D2+ AuxCurrent=0mA 
> PME(D0+,D1+,D2+,D3hot+,D3cold+)
>               Status: D0 NoSoftRst- PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=2 PME-
>       Kernel driver in use: eepro100
>       Kernel modules: eepro100, e100
> [SNIP]
> 
> 
> but dmesg says "Use the "8139cp" driver for improved performance and 
> stability."
> 
> astlinux # dmesg|grep 8139
> 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
> 8139too 0000:02:04.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 20) is an enhanced 8139C+ chip
> 8139too 0000:02:04.0: Use the "8139cp" driver for improved performance and
> stability.
> 8139too 0000:02:04.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
> 8139too 0000:02:04.0: unknown chip version, assuming RTL-8139
> 8139too 0000:02:04.0: TxConfig = 0x74800000
> eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xd082a000, 00:0a:fa:20:04:84, IRQ 16
> eth1:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139'
> 
> 
> So, 2 questions:
> 
> A) Where do I get a good 8139cp driver and will it be added to the next 
> Astlinux
> release?
> 
> B) How do I force the RTL8139cp to be eth0 and the "real" Ethernet card to be 
> eth1?
> At the moment eth0 is the "real" Ethernet card (eepro100) but I don't 
> understand
> why it is loaded as eth0 when lspci puts it after the RTL8139cp (see lspci o/p
> above).
> 
> astlinux # dmesg
> [snip]
> VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
> Freeing unused kernel memory: 212k freed
> Linux Tulip driver version 1.1.15 (Feb 27, 2007)
> eepro100.c:v1.09j-t 9/29/99 Donald Becker
> eepro100.c: $Revision: 1.36 $ 2000/11/17 Modified by Andrey V. Savochkin
> <[email protected]> and others
> eepro100 0000:02:08.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 20 (level, low) -> IRQ 20
> eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet, 00:02:a5:2b:47:6c, IRQ 20.
>  Board assembly 010700-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
>  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
>  General self-test: passed.
>  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
>  Internal registers self-test: passed.
>  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x04f4518b).
> natsemi dp8381x driver, version 2.1, Sept 11, 2006
>  originally by Donald Becker <[email protected]>
>  2.4.x kernel port by Jeff Garzik, Tjeerd Mulder
> 8139too Fast Ethernet driver 0.9.28
> 8139too 0000:02:04.0: This (id 10ec:8139 rev 20) is an enhanced 8139C+ chip
> 8139too 0000:02:04.0: Use the "8139cp" driver for improved performance and
> stability.
> 8139too 0000:02:04.0: PCI INT A -> GSI 16 (level, low) -> IRQ 16
> 8139too 0000:02:04.0: unknown chip version, assuming RTL-8139
> 8139too 0000:02:04.0: TxConfig = 0x74800000
> eth1: RealTek RTL8139 at 0xd082a000, 00:0a:fa:20:04:84, IRQ 16
> eth1:  Identified 8139 chip type 'RTL-8139'
> via-rhine.c:v1.10-LK1.4.3 2007-03-06 Written by Donald Becker
> pcnet32.c:v1.35 21.Apr.2008 [email protected]
> Intel(R) PRO/1000 Network Driver - version 7.3.21-k3-NAPI
> Copyright (c) 1999-2006 Intel Corporation.
> ns83820.c: National Semiconductor DP83820 10/100/1000 driver.
> Real Time Clock Driver v1.12ac
> [SNIP]
> 
> If I change the network config in the GUI so that the external i/f is eth0 
> with
> an address of 192.168.1.2 (the Vikings Ethernet i/f) and the internal network 
> as
> eth1 with the internal network address, when I reboot eth0 is _still_ the real
> Ethernet card and I lock myself out because it now has the 192.168.1.2 address
> instead of something in my network address range.
> 
> 
> Sorry about the embedded "debug" output - I hope it doesn't make this mail too
> difficult to read.
> 
> All the Best,
> 
> -Graham-
> 
> 
> 
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