You can use the powerfull install command in your modprobe.conf. Putting forcedeth in /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist and forcing it install in modprobe.conf after e1000 via a install command could be a solution. I never tested or tried this, I dont know if it will work. Try to setup HWADDR first.

Their is also a lot of module dependencies in /lib/modules/ maybe you could try to make forcedeth dependent of e1000 in these file. But dependencies are compiled at every boot !

Regards

On 8/31/07, Jerry Geis geisj@pagestation.com wrote:

Is there a method to control module load order?

I want to ensure that the e1000 module loads before the forcedeth driver.

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Jerry Geis wrote:

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/ Is there a method to control module load order?

/>>/ />>/ I want to ensure that the e1000 module loads before the forcedeth driver. /

The following might work in /etc/modprobe.conf:

install forcedeth /sbin/modprobe e1000; /sbin/modprobe --ignore-install forcedeth

James Pearson

James - fantastic,

I tried this and it worked. Thanks!

Jerry