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From: Olivier Reisch <gentoo@××××××××.net>
To: gentoo-ppc-user@g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-ppc-user] how to enable eth0 in PPC/ibook kernel
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2003 16:39:40
Message-Id: 200302141730.14032.gentoo@karasuma.net
In Reply to: [gentoo-ppc-user] how to enable eth0 in PPC/ibook kernel by Martin Monsorno
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4 On Friday 14 February 2003 15:37, Martin Monsorno wrote:
5 > Hi,
6 >
7 > I have a kernel "linux-2.4-ppc-ibook-2.4.21-pre4.tar.gz" downloaded
8 > from www.ppckernel.org. The install instructions note, that I have
9 > to add the line "alias eth0 gmac" to my /etc/modules.conf, which
10 > makes my ethernet card available after running "/etc/init.d/net.eth0
11 > start".
12 >
13 > But, when I reboot, the alias-line in modules.conf has vanished, and
14 > my ethernet card could not be enabled automatically. What can I do?
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16 You have to create a file /etc/modules.d/eth with the line
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18 alias eth0 gmac
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20 in it and then run modules-update
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22 Greetings,
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