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