Date: Wed, 28 Jul 1999 07:44:55 -0400 (EDT) From: Dispatcher <dispatch@blackhelicopters.org> To: phantom@cris.net (Alexey M. Zelkin) Cc: current@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: ed? Message-ID: <199907281144.HAA20946@blackhelicopters.org> In-Reply-To: <199907272015.AAA05128@scorpion.crimea.ua> from "Alexey M. Zelkin" at "Jul 28, 1999 0:15:58 am"
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Hello, Please check the freebsd-questions mailing list archive at http://www.freebsd.org/search/#mailinglists This question has been answered many times there, in great detail. Regards, ==ml > Hello ! > > I am running CURRENT from 27 jul. > So, I have PCI PnP Ethernet Adaptor and wrote in kernel config: > > > controller pnp0 > > device ed0 at isa? disable port 0x280 irq 10 iomem 0xd8000 > > As usually this string included ethernet driver code into kernel > and my card was found automaticly. But this time I pointed my > eyes to dmesg output and found interesting thing: > > > ed0: <NE2000 PCI Ethernet (RealTek 8029)> irq 12 at device 9.0 on pci0 > > ed0: address 00:00:21:c7:5b:a7, type NE2000 (16 bit) > > devclass_alloc_unit: ed0 already exists, using next available unit number > > isa0: <ISA bus> on motherboard > > ed1: not probed (disabled) > > So, what should do kernel when I insert new ISA ethernet into my machine and > enable ed0 ? Logic tells that ed0 will change its name to ed1, and > new card will stay ed0. > > Why my pnp ethernet was found as ed0 but not ed1 ? > > So, I would ask -- is this feature or bug ? If I am temporary changing my > network devices configuration can I be sure that ethernet names will not > be automaticly changed ? > > -- > Sincerely Yours, | phantom@crimea.edu (primary) > Alexey Zelkin | phantom@scorpion.crimea.ua (home) > | ICQ: #6196584, FIDO: 2:460/12.26 > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message
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