From: Jim Roland <jroland@roland.net>
To: Mark Atwood <mra@pobox.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: How does "alias ethX drivername" in modules.conf work?
Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 23:48:54 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3B6B7EB6.7010205@roland.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <m33d78de7d.fsf@flash.localdomain>
It's pretty simple. If you have no special options to pass to the module:
alias eth0 modulename
(example for 3C905B-TX: alias eth0 3c90x)
Mark Atwood wrote:
>I'm trying to figure out how "alias ethX" works in /etc/modules.conf
>
>Is it some "magic" in depmod / modprobe? And how is the network
>interface identifier then passed into the module when it loads?
>
>A nice whitepaper or doc or a few pointers or handholding would be
>apprecated.
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-08-04 4:48 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 48+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-08-03 21:29 How does "alias ethX drivername" in modules.conf work? Mark Atwood
2001-08-04 1:21 ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-08-04 1:32 ` Thomas Duffy
2001-08-04 2:31 ` Chris Wedgwood
2001-08-04 4:39 ` Jim Roland
2001-08-04 19:35 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-06 19:59 ` Thomas Duffy
2001-08-06 22:56 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-06 23:46 ` Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
2001-08-07 7:04 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-07 10:49 ` Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
2001-08-07 19:04 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-07 21:46 ` Mark Atwood
2001-08-07 22:33 ` Tim Jansen
2001-08-07 23:06 ` Josh Wyatt
2001-08-07 23:35 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-08 0:04 ` Josh Wyatt
2001-08-08 6:28 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-08 10:59 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-08 0:08 ` Mark Atwood
2001-08-08 6:40 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-08 8:41 ` Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
2001-08-08 10:52 ` Eric W. Biederman
2001-08-08 11:40 ` Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
2001-08-08 22:04 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-08 21:09 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-08 0:11 ` Mark Atwood
2001-08-08 6:47 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-08 0:16 ` Mark Atwood
2001-08-08 20:26 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-08 9:30 ` Andrzej Krzysztofowicz
2001-08-08 21:31 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-08 21:42 ` Alan Cox
2001-08-08 22:24 ` Horst von Brand
[not found] ` <9kpub6$8fu$1@ns1.clouddancer.com>
2001-08-09 20:05 ` Colonel
2001-08-10 6:32 ` Paul Gortmaker
2001-08-10 21:25 ` Riley Williams
2001-08-15 4:32 ` Paul Gortmaker
2002-03-28 2:52 ` How to tell how much to expect from a fd Mark Atwood
2002-03-28 13:27 ` Eric Lammerts
2002-03-31 3:03 ` David Schwartz
2001-08-04 4:33 ` How does "alias ethX drivername" in modules.conf work? Jim Roland
2001-08-04 4:48 ` Jim Roland [this message]
[not found] ` <15SnZL-05h4nQC@fmrl06.sul.t-online.com>
2001-08-06 19:46 ` How to hack a network driver to use a specific ethX (was Re: How does "alias ethX drivername" in modules.conf work?) Mark Atwood
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-08-07 20:51 How does "alias ethX drivername" in modules.conf work? Stuart Lynne
2001-08-08 2:36 ` Bill Nottingham
2001-08-08 5:45 ` Greg KH
2001-08-08 13:59 Matt_Domsch
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