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

[Thomas Duffy <tduffy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> 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.

I am pretty sure that ethernet devices have never been present in the
device filesystem.  The name "eth0" or such is used by route and others as
a symbol to direct the kernel to use which ethernet device, but it will
not be in the /dev system.

-tduffy