Re: How does "alias ethX drivername" in modules.conf work?

Thomas Duffy
2001-08-04T01:32:59Z

On 04 Aug 2001 13:21:59 +1200, Chris Wedgwood wrote:

> the kernel calls modprobe asking for the network device 'eth0',
> modprobe uses the configuration file to map this to a module

so, what happens when you have two eth cards that use the same module?
in the isa land, the order you pass the io=0x300,0x240 would determine
which order the eth?'s go to...how about in the pci world?

-tduffy