Am 16.10.2011 21:19, schrieb CJoeB: > 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. >
If it is still this bug [1], then it makes sense that the order in which the modules are loaded is important. I can't say I really understand what is going, though. I've also checked the mainline kernel sources. Neither module was updated since 2007. > 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. > You can find out available options using /sbin/modinfo. [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525966 Regards, Florian Philipp
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