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Re: /dev/eth0 - Where oh where can my /dev be?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Paul Gortmaker)
Mon Apr 8 21:31:13 1996
From: Paul Gortmaker <gpg109@rsphy1.anu.edu.au>
To: jsinason@itdcomm.com
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 1996 11:21:11 +1000 (EST)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <19960408191653.04a21aee.in@itdcomm.com> from "Jeff Sinason" at Apr 8, 96 07:17:07 pm
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> It seems that the distribution of slakware that I got didn't put
> these out there. As a result it seems that the detection process
> fails with "no such device". How do I created these? I know I need
> to do a mknod, but I don't know what parameters to pass.
From the FAQ section of the Ethernet-HowTo:
3.8.12. Entries in /dev/ for Ethercards
I have /dev/eth0 as a link to /dev/xxx. Is this right?
Contrary to what you have heard, the files in /dev/* are not used.
You can delete any /dev/wd0, /dev/ne0 and similar entries.
If your card wasn't detected, then your kernel wasn't built with
support for that card enabled, or it is set for an i/o address that
isn't probed by default. Check the howto for more details.
Paul.
