two ethernet cards in a linux box

[Rodney Thayer]

since the comments in the source code strongly imply it autosenses every
card up to number 4 -- I say it's a bug.

At 01:43 PM 10/23/95 EDT, you wrote:
>> I use TWO NE-2000 clone cards.  I configure the first at i/o 300 irq 5, and
>> the second at i/o 340 irq 14.
>
>Linux is currently designed to only check for one particular card.  If
>you had two _different_ ethernet cards, Linux would find them via
>autoprobe, without a problem.  E.g., if you had an NE2000 and a 3c509,
>Linux would find both cards.
>
>You needed to make modifications because you have two of the same
>card, and the current ethernet drivers aren't made to probe for more
>than one card.  This might be considered a bug, by some. ;)
>
>-derek
>
>

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