Re: Loeading eepro100 module problems not covered by faq and documentation

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004, Fabrice LAUSSY wrote:

> I have the following problem when trying to load eepro100.o with insmod 
> (or modprobe) from debian woody to use an Intel Pro/100 VE:
...
> Unresolved symbol pci_drv_register
...
> which I eventually gathered from googling around that it could be fixed 
> by first insmod'ing pci-scan.o.

Or using 'modprobe', which automatically loads pci-scan before eepro100.

> But then I get stuck on some 'No card found, driver not installed, 
> init_module: device or ressource busy' when insmod'ing eepro100 afterward.

What is the PCI ID of the NIC?
  The PCI ID is a pair of four digit numbers, the vendor ID and device.
    You can use 'lspci -v' or 'cat /proc/pci' to find this information.
    

> I find no trace of eth0 in dmesg, and do not see any evidence that the 
> card is in any way recognized. Though, it is working under Windows, from 
> which I got its IRQ (20) and its I/O (0xDF40).

This info isn't needed -- it can be reliably read on PCI.

> I passed those parameters to lilo at boot.

That doesn't do any good.

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