From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1RFXZH-0000eu-L8 for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:44:23 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 56D2921C029; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:44:14 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out5.smtp.messagingengine.com (out5.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.29]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 71A6121C022 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 20:43:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.nyi.mail.srv.osa (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2CAF520CC1 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:43:12 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend1.nyi.mail.srv.osa ([10.202.2.160]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:43:12 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=binarywings.net; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to:subject:references :in-reply-to:content-type; s=mesmtp; bh=KO0BkseTWItvbVZb2K65cYkl Kvs=; b=nhD8/L7Et9V/xbyGIc82s9nT7A5hd2WTkyG9vA36+3nVKXi8YeXj0Lla KyQ5h5TepFE4hTvk9edHe36vI7LHM1jQ6F8H/4oGSLW7dM03h9lIY1wrTA10anRx xEX0k/VfPiTVa13ZlLVLMvS/uGu3nOlPfX00XjFt3i24AcxjKrg= DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d= messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:mime-version:to :subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=KO0B kseTWItvbVZb2K65cYklKvs=; b=ZlDrEMmieG7b541U22yc+yOOxZ0rs+DmrIbI GVObVfHbIaREj6o+qCtJeQ3w9hVHL7dXGvBoL1yCAeZ4CiomPvfQLI7S+3sI9qv6 R6q9TmUtpWVVIU6Kyhs0HRONUkTNpVP3Bxmj0ITlMWGPfcvf8jidGxKV+VjZ/BYB OLqDhvo= X-Sasl-enc: 6yuBuGaX8UbArqEN8WdbH/V29l3M9JHgxmf9Kkl5M/md 1318797790 Received: from [192.168.5.18] (serv.binarywings.net [83.169.5.6]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 9CAFB405C31 for ; Sun, 16 Oct 2011 16:43:10 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4E9B41D4.2080407@binarywings.net> Date: Sun, 16 Oct 2011 22:43:00 +0200 From: Florian Philipp User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.20) Gecko/20110925 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.12 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Another Install Issue References: <4E9A119D.1000501@gmail.com> <4E9B018D.5090104@gmail.com> <201110161837.56908.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> <4E9B2E3C.4070401@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4E9B2E3C.4070401@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enigDAB27AB297067C7A73B6B72D" X-Archives-Salt: X-Archives-Hash: 6e0b7a155d8a23b70a3a856a85b24c70 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigDAB27AB297067C7A73B6B72D Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 >>> >>>> > 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. >>>> =20 >>>> Prior to unloading the modules, output from 'modprobe -vr broadc= om >>>> tg3' is >>>> =20 >>>> 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 familia= r >>>> 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 broadco= m. >>>> 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=3D110026 >>>> >>>> - 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. >=20 > 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.= >=20 You can find out available options using /sbin/modinfo. [1] https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3D525966 Regards, Florian Philipp --------------enigDAB27AB297067C7A73B6B72D Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.17 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAk6bQdsACgkQqs4uOUlOuU/mTQCfYJ9E3dUNLPQZX7ulolJ5ESeC 6ucAmwYcfVBTl1i17+VqBLxJipFPfn7r =OLfN -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigDAB27AB297067C7A73B6B72D--