problem with multiple NIC's in 2.3.29 (tulip)

Alan Cox alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Thu Nov 25 12:23:24 1999


> For some reason ifconfig refuses me to bring up a second interface using
> 2.3.29.  Both cards are tulip based.
> 
> [root@gateway /root]# ifconfig eth1 up
> SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable

Something thinks both the cards are using the same I/O and or IRQ space
and cannot share it. Thats peculiar to say the least. Does /proc/pci suggest
anything is odd ?