On 10/16/11 13:37, Mick wrote: > On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 17:08:45 CJoeB wrote: >> On 10/16/11 11:29, Matthew Finkel wrote: >>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB <colleen.bea...@gmail.com >>> >>> <mailto:colleen.bea...@gmail.com>> wrote: >>> > Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use >>> > `modprobe -vr broadcom tg3`. If there is no output, the module >>> > was not loaded. >>> >>> Prior to unloading the modules, output from 'modprobe -vr broadcom >>> tg3' is >>> >>> rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.39-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko >>> >>> Hi Colleen, >>> >>> Looks like broadcom isn't loading at boot. Also, I'm not too familiar >>> with broadcom, but why must you load two modules? I found [1] which >>> sound like your problem (possibly the site you mentioned earlier) >>> which references a similar problem when tg3 is loaded before broadcom. >>> You may have already tried this, but have you tested changing the >>> order in /etc/conf.d/modules? >>> >>> >>> [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=110026 >>> >>> - Matt >> Tried changing the order of module loading. Didn't change anything! >> >> :-( But this was a good idea that I never thought of! > OK, that leaves the other 2 options I suggested in earlier message. > > BTW have you tried the latest stable kernel? It may have been patched by now. My head is starting to spin. I have the latest stable kernel.
Someone said that since tg3 is not loading at boot then, I shouldn't have to remove it. However, if I just do 'modprobe tg3', ifconfig just returns the lo interface. If I do 'modprobe -r broadcom' 'modprobe broadcom' and 'modprobe tg3', I still only get the lo interface. The only thing that works is removing both modules and adding them again. I also tried following the openrc document. The only thing that seems to suggest a solution is to add arguments for my modules. I have no idea what those arguments might be and although I tried googling, I didn't really find anything that would point me in the right direction. Colleen -- Registered Linux User #411143 with the Linux Counter, http://counter.li.org
