RE: Multiple network cards. ARGH! Double ARGH! ;-)

[Dave Cinege]

On Wed, 24 Sep 1997 11:06:17 +, Paulo Almeida wrote:

>Hi Mike!
>
>I have faced the same problem but with 3Com cards. There is only one
>solution for this problem: use 2 different network cards. There is
>somekind of bug in debian, I think, because it just doesn't support 2 or
>more same network cards sharing the same driver. It doesn't even allow
>you to install one copy of the driver for each network card.

My dual 3c900s work fine (considering the state of the vortex driver)


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Re: Multiple network cards. ARGH! Double ARGH! ;-)

[Stephen P. Ryan]

--- Alair Pereira do Lago wrote:

Perhaps, the driver must be compiled inside the kernel, since some drivers
have their parameters analised in boot time but not in loading module time.

If there is some PNP card, you may have problems.
--- end of quote ---
I think you can put the parameters in the /etc/modules file.  I'm guessing,
though, since I have no parameters in there and it works ok. 

I did have to compile NE2000 support as a module, though;  I never did get it
to work compiled into the kernel.

Stephen Ryan   Debian GNU/Linux 1.3
Mathematics graduate student, Dartmouth College


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Re: Multiple network cards. ARGH! Double ARGH! ;-)

[Alair Pereira do Lago]

Paulo Almeida <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Hi Mike!
> 
> I have faced the same problem but with 3Com cards. There is only one
> solution for this problem: use 2 different network cards.

Here, some people configured two NE2000 in a same box.

They just put append="ether=10,0x320,eth1" in lilo.conf to describe the second
card, since the first one is probed.  

Kernel:

NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x300: 00 40 33 2f 6c de
eth0: NE2000 found at 0x300, using IRQ 5.
NE*000 ethercard probe at 0x320: 00 80 ad ab 28 3e
eth1: NE2000 found at 0x320, using IRQ 10.

Perhaps, the driver must be compiled inside the kernel, since some drivers
have their parameters analised in boot time but not in loading module time.

If there is some PNP card, you may have problems.

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Re: Multiple network cards. ARGH! Double ARGH! ;-)

[Mirek Kwasniak]

> Hi Mike!
> 
> I have faced the same problem but with 3Com cards. There is only one
> solution for this problem: use 2 different network cards. There is
> somekind of bug in debian, I think, because it just doesn't support 2 or
> more same network cards sharing the same driver. It doesn't even allow
> you to install one copy of the driver for each network card.
> 
> I solved my problem, as I said before, using two different cards. I
> didn't like it but it worked.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 

With 3c509 was problem (I tried with 2.023 - mayby is now outated):
driver compiled as module don't recognize secondary nic.
When included in kernel - no problem with append="eth=...
Secodary problem was with PNP on 3c509 - it must disabled.


Mirek


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RE: Multiple network cards. ARGH! Double ARGH! ;-)

[Jens Kerle]

i made the same with two smc-ultra's . I had to compile a own kernel with
smc-ultra included, and added the two cards in /etc/modules with io and
irq parameter. i also had co copy /etc/init.d/network to a second file,
edit the necessary parameters and add the call in /etc/init.d/boot
and it worked.


cu, Jens


On Wed, 24 Sep 1997, Paulo Almeida wrote:

> Hi Mike!
> 
> I have faced the same problem but with 3Com cards. There is only one
> solution for this problem: use 2 different network cards. There is
> somekind of bug in debian, I think, because it just doesn't support 2 or
> more same network cards sharing the same driver. It doesn't even allow
> you to install one copy of the driver for each network card.
> 
> I solved my problem, as I said before, using two different cards. I
> didn't like it but it worked.
> 
> Hope this helps.
> 
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Re: Multiple network cards. ARGH! Double ARGH! ;-)

[Dale Harrison]

> 
> Hi Mike!
> 
> I have faced the same problem but with 3Com cards. There is only one
> solution for this problem: use 2 different network cards. There is
> somekind of bug in debian, I think, because it just doesn't support 2 or
> more same network cards sharing the same driver. It doesn't even allow
> you to install one copy of the driver for each network card.

I've never installed > 1 3Com card, but I have installed 2 Tulip based
cards and the Tulip driver seems to find both of them without any trouble.
Perhaps it's a 3Com thing?

D.


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RE: Multiple network cards. ARGH! Double ARGH! ;-)

[Paulo Almeida]

Hi Mike!

I have faced the same problem but with 3Com cards. There is only one
solution for this problem: use 2 different network cards. There is
somekind of bug in debian, I think, because it just doesn't support 2 or
more same network cards sharing the same driver. It doesn't even allow
you to install one copy of the driver for each network card.

I solved my problem, as I said before, using two different cards. I
didn't like it but it worked.

Hope this helps.

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  from bad judgement."
Don't be so hard on yourself. Listen to some good music like U2.


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