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Want to know if my ethernet card is compiled in kernel or as module?
Name: James Patrick Date: August 23, 2000 at 16:14:44 Pacific
Comment:
I did install Linux without network support (eventhough my system has 2 ethernet cards). But when I do "ifconfig eth0", I have the following happy surprise: I can see the resources for my 2 ethernet cards. In this case, are my ethernet drivers loaded as modules or are they compiled into the kernel?
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