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On 火, 2002-10-08 at 02:49, Bo Majewski wrote: |
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> I think the "Final network configuration" can benefit from adding a |
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> comment to indicate that 3c59x is a 3Com network module. |
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This is a good idea, maybe a link to a list of common nics and their |
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modules on or off site. |
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It was less |
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> than obvious to me, since I never owned one. The 3c59x looked like a |
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> magic number, needed by Gentoo. Only after seeing an error message |
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> during boot sequence I realized my mistake. Documentatin should caution |
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> people to include modules they compiled. A good way of doing this would |
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> be to include some comments in the code. I have RealTek 8139 Ethernet |
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> card and for such you need to include 8139too module. Maybe something |
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> like this: |
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> Code listing 16.5: /etc/modules.autoload: |
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> # If you compiled 3Com Ethernet card as a module uncomment the following |
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> # 3c59x |
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> # If you compiled RealTek 8139 Ethernet card as a module uncomment the |
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> following |
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> # 8139too |
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> # Etc., for other cards ... |
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I think this is bad idea! |
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I for one don't want my modules.autoload full of a list of nic cards |
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just because other people don't take the time to read the documentation |
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and find out how to load their modules. |
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Yes, I know I could delete the entries, but why should I have to? |
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If we go this way, next people will be asking for a list of sound, scsi, |
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ide and other misc pci cards. Where do we draw the line? |
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Stu |
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