From bb@suse.com Mon Mar 23 23:36:36 1998
From: bb@suse.com
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Subject: Re: [S.u.S.E. Linux] SIOCADDRT and SIOCSIFADDR errors
Date: Tue, 24 Mar 1998 00:36:36 +0100
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Donn Washburn wrote:
>=20
> Hey Groups:
>=20
> I have a complete lack of understanding what is
> wrong with my "eth0" network on 2 machines.
>=20
> First I always set linuxrc up with a network card
> (ne =3D io=3D0x6100 irq=3D11) and it seems that SuSE finds
> that card during  normal bootup.  So I assume that
> it is loaded in the kernel.  It shows up on the
> bootup messages just after mounting the hard drive
> partitions along with  Donald Beckers address saying
> it was found.
>=20
> Problem is if I do a "ifconfig  /dev/eth0
> 192.168.##.##" I get a error "SIOCSIFADDR: No such
> device"
> Checking my two machines for "l  /dev/et*" - > "No
> such file or directory".  It appears that SuSE
> didn't make the device drivers (ex. mknod /dev/eth#
> # #).
>=20
> As I recall from version 5.0 SuSE (Linuxrc and Yast)
> created the device driver.  "find" is unable to
> locate  it.
> It is in "/etc/conf.modules" as "alias eth0 ne"
> which is "options ne               io=3D0x6100
> irq=3D11".
>=20
> I can add it using mknod but I am not sure of the
> major/minor number ( I also think of it as a block
> device)
>=20
> Any suggestions?  How and/or where did I go wrong?

Hi,

for the network interfaces no pseudo files are needed in /dev.

Do a 'cat /proc/net/dev' to see which network devices are available:

Goldengate:/root # cat /proc/net/dev=20
Inter-|   Receive                  |  Transmit
 face |packets errs drop fifo frame|packets errs drop fifo colls carrier
    lo:8010044    0    0    0    0  8010044    0    0    0     0    0
cisco0:      0    0    0    0    0        0    0    0    0     0    0
cisco1:25116439    0 6088    0    0 29572731    0    0    0     0    0
cisco1:1:25078475    0    0    0    0 29541906    0    0    0     0    0
cisco1:2:   8177    0    0    0    0        0    0    0    0     0    0
cisco1:3:     15    0    0    0    0        0    0    0    0     0    0
cisco1:4:     83    0    0    0    0        0    0    0    0     0    0
  eth0:1367773    0    0    0    0  1491726    0    0    0 12217    1
eth0:1:      0    0    0    0    0        0    0    0    0     0    0

You see I have 3 physical devices (cisco0, cisco1 and eth0), one loopback (lo=
) and=20
several virtual devices on top of cisco1 and eth0.

Don't use ifconfig with '/dev/eth*', use i.e. 'ifconfig eth0' to see
or set the device parameters.

Ciao,
        BB


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