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nutnoob

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Registered: 2005-03-31

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Everex SA2053T : Passing parameters to 8139too ?

There is amazing tutorial on how to install Linux on Everex SA2053T laptop.
http://www.poplarware.com/everexlinux.html

During the installation, I have to disable modules: 8139too and sdhci. Or, it'll freeze.
Disabling those modules is easy:

# arch disablemodules=8139too,sdhci

Now, I need 8139too module to use ethernet.

modprobe 8139too

Makes the computer hang again. Ctrl+Alt+Del won't work..

8139cp won't do any good, either.

Problem of 8139too is that it's compiled with MMIO instead of PIO:

CONFIG_8139TOO=m
# CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO is not set

Which should be:

CONFIG_8139TOO=m
CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO=y

I can compile a kernel with CONFIG_8139TOO_PIO=y.
But, before I do that, I was wondering if it is possible to pass command line options/parameters when loading 8139too so that it'll use PIO instead of MMIO.

modprobe 8139too --use-PIO-instead-of-MMIO

Is there such a way? Or should I recompile kernel and remaster installation CD?
If there is a way to force PIO in command line, that would be super because I don't have to recompile kernel for every update.

Thank you.

Last edited by nutnoob (2007-10-18 05:39:46)