[eepro100] EEpro100 interfaces identified 3 times during boot???

[A James Lewis]

My ethernet adapters are recognised 3 times each during boot... is this
normal.... Can anyone suggest why this would happen?


eth0: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet at 0xd3804000, 00:90:27:4C:6F:65,
IRQ 17.
  Board assembly 701637-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eth1: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet at 0xd3806000, 00:90:27:4C:6F:61,
IRQ 18.
  Board assembly 701637-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eth2: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet at 0xd3808000, 00:90:27:50:D2:83,
IRQ 19.
  Board assembly 701637-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eepro100.c:v1.13 1/9/2001 Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
  http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
eth3: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet at 0xd380a000, 00:90:27:4C:6F:65,
IRQ 17.
  Board assembly 701637-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eth4: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet at 0xd380c000, 00:90:27:4C:6F:61,
IRQ 18.
  Board assembly 701637-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eth5: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet at 0xd380e000, 00:90:27:50:D2:83,
IRQ 19.
  Board assembly 701637-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eepro100.c:v1.13 1/9/2001 Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
  http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html
eth6: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet at 0xd3810000, 00:90:27:4C:6F:65,
IRQ 17.
  Board assembly 701637-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eth7: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet at 0xd3812000, 00:90:27:4C:6F:61,
IRQ 18.
  Board assembly 701637-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
early initialization of device eth8 is deferred
eth8: OEM i82557/i82558 10/100 Ethernet at 0xd3814000, 00:90:27:50:D2:83,
IRQ 19.
  Board assembly 701637-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  Serial sub-system self-test: passed.
  Internal registers self-test: passed.
  ROM checksum self-test: passed (0x24c9f043).
  Receiver lock-up workaround activated.
eepro100.c:v1.13 1/9/2001 Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
  http://www.scyld.com/network/eepro100.html


A. James Lewis (james@fsck.co.uk)
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