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Re: network cards, loadable modules, and 3dfx.o

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Subject: Re: network cards, loadable modules, and 3dfx.o
From: Richard Gooch <rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 24 Apr 2000 12:09:53 -0600
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Chris the Elder writes:

> The most important one is that I can't find the device entry for
> my ethernet card.  Where in /dev will the entry be?  The 3c905
> driver is built in (not module).  A slightly related wierdness, is
> that since converting to devfs, the kernel doesn't print anthing
> about the enet card during the boot.  The
> /usr/src/linux/Documentation/filesystems/devfs/README
> doesn't mention network devices.

That README is rapidly getting out of date. I've been working on a new
FAQ which is much better. The answer to your question is in there.
http://www.atnf.csiro.au/~rgooch/linux/docs/devfs.html

> Since I've got 128M memory, I have no real need to have
> everything compiled as modules, but I also would expect devfs
> to work fine with modules.  I was unable to mount my cdrom
> drive while it was built as a module.  Prior to converting to
> devfs this worked fine.  It works fine with the cdrom driver built
> into the kernel.  My /etc/fstab reads:
> /dev/cdrom  /cdrom        iso9660 noauto,user,exec,ro  0 0
> My /etc/devfsd.conf reads:
> REGISTER cdroms/cdrom0 CFUNCTION GLOBAL symlink $devname cdrom
> UNREGISTER cdroms/cdrom0 CFUNCTION GLOBAL unlink cdrom
>
> What should I be doing to mount CDs with the cdrom built as
> a module?

Have you loaded the appropriate modules?

                                Regards,

                                        Richard....
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