From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sat, 22 Jun 2002 13:33:39 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sat, 22 Jun 2002 13:33:38 -0400 Received: from hera.cwi.nl ([192.16.191.8]:37310 "EHLO hera.cwi.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sat, 22 Jun 2002 13:33:38 -0400 From: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 19:33:39 +0200 (MEST) Message-Id: To: Andries.Brouwer@cwi.nl, kai-germaschewski@uiowa.edu Subject: Re: ethernet name clash at boot Cc: jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Can you give some more info on your config Hmm. The more you know about my actual setup the more likely it is that you'll only fix the symptoms. But anyway: what happens is that a vortex card starts initializing, gets the name eth0, but then a 3c509 also takes eth0 and registers first. The vortex gets -EEXIST. Andries [Everything built-in. No modules.]