On Thu, Apr 08, 2004 at 09:47:54PM -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Anyway, I know I have to use the eepro module for this NIC, but when I > select it from the list the module fails to load, a bit more hardware > detection ensues then I'm presented with the list again. Of course the > problem is that the module wants some parameters, in this case it wants > "io=0xYYY", this can be done with an 'insmod' from TTY2, but newbies won't > know this. > > I filed a bug against module 'ne' for the same problem and it appears to > have been fixed, can we do the same for eepro if the module load fails? I > imagine almost all ISA based NIC's (even some PnP types) will fail in this > way so this bug report should possibly ripple out to all ISA NIC based > modules that will be present on the d-i media.
The Debian installer will always prompt for module parameters before loading the ne module because it requires an io= parameter. Will the eepro module autodetect some cards? Or does it always require certain parameters? -- Matt Kraai [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ftbfs.org/ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
