From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 04:56:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 04:56:36 -0400 Received: from aboukir-101-1-23-willy.adsl.nerim.net ([62.212.114.60]:57606 "EHLO www.home.local") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 20 Jul 2002 04:56:36 -0400 Date: Sat, 20 Jul 2002 10:54:21 +0200 From: Willy Tarreau To: harish.vasudeva@amd.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: need help with SIOCSIFFLAGS.. Message-ID: <20020720085421.GA3672@alpha.home.local> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > when i try to bind my network driver with : ifconfig eth0 IP netmask MASK, i get this msg: > > SIOCSIFFLAGS : Resource Temporarily Unavailable > > any ideas why this occurs? where can i get additional info on this? May be the I/O ports and/or the IRQ are in use by another device at the time you do this. ifconfig also sets the device up, so the driver will try to reserve resources. Isn't this an ISA card bound to IRQ 3 while your COM2 is being used, for example ? Regards, Willy