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From: Florian Philipp <lists@binarywings.net>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue
Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:43:00 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <4E9B41D4.2080407@binarywings.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <4E9B2E3C.4070401@gmail.com>

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Am 16.10.2011 21:19, schrieb CJoeB:
> On 10/16/11 13:37, Mick wrote:
>> On Sunday 16 Oct 2011 17:08:45 CJoeB wrote:
>>> On 10/16/11 11:29, Matthew Finkel wrote:
>>>> On Sun, Oct 16, 2011 at 11:05 AM, CJoeB <colleen.beamer@gmail.com
>>>>
>>>> <mailto:colleen.beamer@gmail.com>> wrote:
>>>>     > Also: Are the modules actually loaded before you unload them? Use
>>>>     > `modprobe -vr broadcom tg3`. If there is no output, the module
>>>>     > was not loaded.
>>>>     
>>>>     Prior to unloading the modules, output from 'modprobe -vr broadcom
>>>>     tg3' is
>>>>     
>>>>     rmmod /lib/modules/2.6.39-gentoo-r3/kernel/drivers/net/tg3.ko
>>>>
>>>> Hi Colleen,
>>>>
>>>> Looks like broadcom isn't loading at boot. Also, I'm not too familiar
>>>> with broadcom, but why must you load two modules? I found [1] which
>>>> sound like your problem (possibly the site you mentioned earlier)
>>>> which references a similar problem when tg3 is loaded before broadcom.
>>>> You may have already tried this, but have you tested changing the
>>>> order in /etc/conf.d/modules?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=110026
>>>>
>>>> - Matt
>>> Tried changing the order of module loading.  Didn't change anything!
>>>
>>> :-(  But this was a good idea that I never thought of!
>> OK, that leaves the other 2 options I suggested in earlier message.
>>
>> BTW have you tried the latest stable kernel?  It may have been patched by now.
> My head is starting to spin.  I have the latest stable kernel.
> 
> Someone said that since tg3 is not loading at boot then, I shouldn't
> have to remove it.  However, if I just do 'modprobe tg3', ifconfig just
> returns the lo interface.  If I do 'modprobe -r broadcom' 'modprobe
> broadcom' and 'modprobe tg3', I still only get the lo interface.  The
> only thing that works is removing both modules and adding them again.
>

If it is still this bug [1], then it makes sense that the order in which
the modules are loaded is important. I can't say I really understand
what is going, though.

I've also checked the mainline kernel sources. Neither module was
updated since 2007.

> I also tried following the openrc document.  The only thing that seems
> to suggest a solution is to add arguments for my modules.  I have no
> idea what those arguments might be and although I tried googling, I
> didn't really find anything that would point me in the right direction.
> 

You can find out available options using /sbin/modinfo.

[1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=525966

Regards,
Florian Philipp


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  reply	other threads:[~2011-10-16 20:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 33+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2011-10-15 23:05 [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue CJoeB
2011-10-16  9:59 ` Stroller
2011-10-16 13:27   ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 10:05 ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-16 10:18   ` Mick
2011-10-16 22:35     ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-16 22:46       ` Alex Schuster
2011-10-17  6:03         ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-17  8:15       ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-17 11:19         ` Mick
2011-10-17 11:30           ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-17 12:39             ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-17 12:48               ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-17 12:40       ` J. Roeleveld
2011-10-17 13:09         ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-16 10:43 ` Mick
2011-10-16 12:59   ` Florian Philipp
2011-10-16 15:05     ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 15:29       ` Matthew Finkel
2011-10-16 16:08         ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 17:37           ` Mick
2011-10-16 19:19             ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 20:43               ` Florian Philipp [this message]
2011-10-16 14:52   ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 16:02     ` Mick
2011-10-16 21:24       ` Neil Bothwick
2011-10-16 22:03         ` Mick
2011-10-16 22:04         ` CJoeB
2011-10-16 22:23           ` Mick
2011-10-17  0:24             ` CJoeB
2011-10-18 18:31             ` Colleen Beamer
2011-10-18 18:50               ` Mick
2011-10-16 21:23     ` Neil Bothwick

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