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From: Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Machination
Date: Wed, 02 Jan 2013 10:35:11 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <50E453AF.7060305@libertytrek.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CA+czFiBVXp3TNokuNU4-68PCTLu2yigZKQVS8qbanBtDOphR0Q@mail.gmail.com>

On 2013-01-02 10:24 AM, Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com> wrote:
> I once had an onboard NIC go bad, and the PCI NIC I substituted for it
> wouldn't work unless the onboard NIC was disabled. So disabling
> onboard hardware may or may not be a net positive.

? That was confusing - unless you actually meant that the new PCI NIC 
you substituted for it wouldn't work unless the onboard NIC was ENabled... ?

> So long as there are no drivers available for the onboard NIC, it
> won't show up in the net subsystem, so udev won't tie it in under net
> rules.

Ok, good to know, thanks...


  reply	other threads:[~2013-01-02 15:36 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 16+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2013-01-02  0:50 [gentoo-user] Ethernet Machination James
2013-01-02  0:55 ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-01-02 12:53   ` Tanstaafl
2013-01-02 15:24     ` Michael Mol
2013-01-02 15:35       ` Tanstaafl [this message]
2013-01-02 15:47         ` Michael Mol
2013-01-02  0:56 ` Mark Knecht
2013-01-02 20:57   ` [gentoo-user] " james
2013-01-02 21:03     ` Bruce Hill
2013-01-02 21:12     ` Mark Knecht
2013-01-02 21:18     ` Todd Goodman
2013-01-02 22:04     ` Canek Peláez Valdés
2013-01-02 23:10       ` William Kenworthy
2013-01-05 16:03     ` Kerin Millar
2013-01-05 17:45       ` Mark Knecht
2013-01-08  1:46         ` Canek Peláez Valdés

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