IP over ieee1394

From: Joerg Reinhardt (j.p.reinhardt_at_arcor.de)
Date: 05/17/05 

Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 11:12:09 +0200

Problem: IP over Firewire won't work

Sys: RedHat-FC-3/2.6.9-1.667smp

Done so far: - modprobed ieee1394,raw1394,ohci1394,eth1394 without any
                  error, or message
                - changed /etc/modprobe.conf (because /etc/modules.conf does
                  not exist and Syntax implements that 'modprobe.conf'=
                  'modules.conf'): inserted the line 'alias eth1 eth1394'
                - tryed to ifconfig eth1 ==> device missing, cant initialise
                  (original code in german)

Checked so far: - lsmod: modules ieee1394,raw1394 & ohci1394 are
                  listed, eth1394 is _NOT_ listed!
                - obsolete: looked for eth1394.ko, and yes... it's present,
                  (otherwise modprobe would have produced an Error Message)

So what went wrong ?