From: Michael Mol <mikemol@gmail.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Ethernet Machination
Date: Wed, 2 Jan 2013 10:47:13 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+czFiCykM7a3+oO0Fibcsnze=iLBrjgtgXMKVsKWijLChZRPA@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <50E453AF.7060305@libertytrek.org>
On Wed, Jan 2, 2013 at 10:35 AM, Tanstaafl <tanstaafl@libertytrek.org> wrote:
> 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... ?
I found your query confusing, and had to read my own text three times
to catch it. Very strange how sometimes what we write can come out
exactly the opposite of what we think we're writing.
>
>
>> 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...
>
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:wq
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2013-01-02 15:49 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
2013-01-02 15:47 ` Michael Mol [this message]
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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