Bug 16536 – pcmcia_cs in kernel 2.2.16-1 confuses Eth NICs in 2-nic installs if eth0 not present at boot

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Bug 16536 - pcmcia_cs in kernel 2.2.16-1 confuses Eth NICs in 2-nic installs if eth0 not present at boot

Summary:	pcmcia_cs in kernel 2.2.16-1 confuses Eth NICs in 2-nic installs if eth0 not ...

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Product:	Red Hat Linux
Classification:	Retired
Component:	kernel (Show other bugs)
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Version:	6.2
Hardware:	i386 Linux

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Assigned To:	Michael K. Johnson
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Reported:	2000-08-18 11:52 EDT by Bishop Clark
Modified:	2008-05-01 11:37 EDT (History)
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Last Closed:	2000-08-18 11:52:46 EDT
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Description Bishop Clark 2000-08-18 11:52:44 EDT

On my 2.2.16-1 system, I have two nics.  In cases where I boot without the Eth0 nic in place, the system sees the eth1 NIC, activates it and  
assigns it the parameters for Eth0.  I have my conf.modules associating the correct and different module with the correct card, and the cardctl 
ident shows eth1 is present... but it's still set up with eth0's info.

If required, I can test with 2.2.16-3 / Pinstripe.

Comment 1 Michael K. Johnson 2000-08-18 12:26:27 EDT

This is just the way the Linux kernel works.  I suggest that
if you are in the habit of removing eth0, that you change
them around, so that your old eth0 becomes eth1 and vice versa;
also change around your configuration files
(/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth* at least) to match.

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