[plug] Network card initialisation order

[Michael]

Hi Kirk,

Have a go putting the modules names in order you want them loaded in 
/etc/modules (not modules.conf). If that doesn't work then you can still 
use /etc/modules.conf but you'll need to use directives like above and 
below. See the modules.conf man page for information on that.

Kind Regards
Michael Collard

On Tue, 17 Feb 2004, Kirk Turner wrote:

> Heya Pluggers,
> 
> I've had a bit of a google, and have tried a few things out, but without
> luck.
> 
> I have a firewall/gateway running Debian Woody (2.4.18-686), with 4
> NICs.
> 
> What I'm trying to do is specify which card is for which network for a
> couple of reasons:
> 1. I have a 10mbit card which I want to use for the wireless network
> 2. It would be nice to look down the back and see the which network
> cable is which by the order in which they are placed.
> 
> From what I have read it should be a case of setting the aliases for the
> appropriate driver.
> i.e.
> putting the following into /etc/modutils/aliases
> alias eth0              tulip
> alias eth1              natsemi
> alias eth2              sundance
> alias eth3              ne2k-pci
> 
> then running update-modules and reboot and the order should match the
> above. However it is not the case.
> 
> Other references I have seen mention editing
> <kernel-source>/drivers/net/Makefile and changing the order in which the
> modules are linked and recompiling. However I was hoping to avoid
> compiling (particularly since the machine doesn't have any development
> tools)
> 
> Any help would be appreciated,
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kirk
>