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Lucian Stroe <[log in to unmask]>
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Lucian Stroe <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 11 Aug 2005 03:10:28 -0500
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On Thu, 11 Aug 2005 09:19:09 +0200, Jaroslaw Polok <[log in to unmask]>
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>> I realize this is not a SL-specific question, but I ask your help anyway:
>> how to force Linux to go ahead after finding the first network card, and to
>> search for a second one?
>
>After your system is installed kudzu runs on each bootup looking
>for hardware using about the same 'technique' as the installer.
>
>Easiest way to solve your problem would be to add
>needed data for your card to:
>
>/usr/share/hwdata/pcitable
>and
>/usr/share/redhat-config-network/module-info
>
>(providing that this is a supported one)

What do you mean, exactly, by "needed data"?

>
>and then re-run redhat-config-network
>(or let kudzu do the job on next reboot)
>

And, just for my curiosity: why this type of card (Marvell Yukon 88E8036)
was not included into the kernel, making our life so much easier?

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