hi
i got 3com 3c905 pcu 100tx cyclone ethernet...
i came to know that i need to use the 3c59x module so i inserted module ans made eth0 working......
but when i insmod same module for same lancard.on other bos also running rh9 .'it gives error like irq 0 conflict...then i tried to insmod with diff irq with force but cant....pls help me to config the eth0
output of modinfo 3c59x is
filename: /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o
description: "3Com 3c59x/3c9xx ethernet driver LK1.1.18-ac 1 July 2002"
author: "Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>"
license: "GPL"
parm: debug int, description "3c59x debug level (0-6)"
parm: options int array (min = 1, max = 8), description "3c59x: Bits 0-3: media type, bit 4: bus mastering, bit 9: full duplex"
parm: full_duplex int array (min = 1, max = 8), description "3c59x full duplex setting(s) (1)"
parm: hw_checksums int array (min = 1, max = 8), description "3c59x Hardware checksum checking by adapter(s) (0-1)"
parm: flow_ctrl int array (min = 1, max = 8), description "3c59x 802.3x flow control usage (PAUSE only) (0-1)"
parm: enable_wol int array (min = 1, max = 8), description "3c59x: Turn on Wake-on-LAN for adapter(s) (0-1)"
parm: rx_copybreak int, description "3c59x copy breakpoint for copy-only-tiny-frames"
parm: max_interrupt_work int, description "3c59x maximum events handled per interrupt"
parm: compaq_ioaddr int, description "3c59x PCI I/O base address (Compaq BIOS problem workaround)"
parm: compaq_irq int, description "3c59x PCI IRQ number (Compaq BIOS problem workaround)"
parm: compaq_device_id int, description "3c59x PCI device ID (Compaq BIOS problem workaround)"
parm: watchdog int, description "3c59x transmit timeout in milliseconds"
pls tell me how to change irq
i tried insmod -fv 3x59x io=0x300 irq=8
but it didnt worker .i already find the free irq
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user function /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/3c515.o
user function /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o
Using /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o
Symbol version prefix ''
Warning: loading /lib/modules/2.4.20-8/kernel/drivers/net/3c59x.o will taint the kernel: forced load
See
http://www.tux.org/lkml/#export-tainted for information about tainted modules
Warning: ignoring irq=8, no such parameter in this module
