New question about OS hang up.

[Helge Kreutzmann]

Hello,
On Wed, Jul 07, 2004 at 08:38:49AM +0930, Nickolas Falkner wrote:
> Secondly, you don't have to recompile the kernel to try a new network 
> driver.
> 
> Edit your /etc/modules.conf file and change the line:
> 
> alias eth0 <whatever it is>
> 
> to
> 
> alias eth0 de4x5
> 
> Save this file and then reboot.

Why ? If your current driver is loaded (and a module), then

/etc/rc.d/init.d/networking stop
rmmod OldDriver

and then

modprobe de4x5
/etc/rc.d/init.d/networking start


Heck, if you want to tune your driver (usually only needed for
development/high performance/benchmarking), then you can recompile
your driver and replace it without rebooting (just after the rmmod
step). Rebooting is for this other OS!

Greetings

           Helge



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