Bug 5974

Summary: NIC initialization during kernel loading
Product: [Retired] Red Hat Linux Reporter: eschambe
Component: kernelAssignee: Michael K. Johnson <johnsonm>
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Version: 6.1   
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Description eschambe 1999-10-15 03:36:29 UTC 
While the kernel loads there is a line:

device eth0 delayed initialization   [Failed]

This creates a lack of network connection.  The module
loaded is the 3c59x for a 3com NIC.
The installation was an upgrade from existing install(6.0)
in which the NIC loaded properly.  Might be caused by an
autodetecting/probing of the device to specify the line
passed to the kernel?
Comment 1 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-15 15:39:59 UTC 
What does /etc/conf.modules look like?

------- Additional Comments From   10/15/99 16:58 -------
conf.modules:
alias eth0 3c59x
alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc
pre-install pcmcia_core /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
options 3c59x irq=11
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 1999-10-19 18:14:59 UTC 
What happens if you do 'modprobe 3c59x' from the command line?

------- Additional Comments From   10/19/99 17:31 -------
returns back with "can't locate module 3c59x"
Is this module missing from the kernel that is installed with 6.1, I
need to check the kernel version.
Comment 3 Cristian Gafton 2000-01-04 22:27:59 UTC 
Assigned to dledford
Comment 4 Bill Nottingham 2000-02-06 02:20:59 UTC 
The 3c59x module is included with 6.1.
Comment 5 Alan Cox 2000-08-08 13:43:32 UTC 
This sounds like a corrupted install. Closing it in the absence of other info