> > are the 90x cards even supported yet? > > Well, I just bought one after my transceiver died on an old 3c509, and to my disapointment, it didn't work under 2.0.30 (device or resource busy it said). > I went to the hardware howto, and found a link to Donald Becker's homepage. > There's an upgraded version of 3c59x.c which works ok with my 3c905. > It's a drop-in replacement. > > The URL is: > http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html > > I've haven't tried it with 100Mbps though...
I'm now running this card at 100Mbps. No problems. You shoulda seen the FTP install go!!! Anyway, here's my story. I installed using May 30 diskette set (Debian 1.3.0, Kernel 2.0.29). From there, I chose the 3c59x module (I got this information from the above URL - like Dave mentioned, this should definitely be identified in modconf). I tried setting various options for this driver (as per the above web page) and, while the driver happily accepted them, loaded, and reported the options as active, I couldn't communicate on the network. I finally went with the default "options=7" and now everything is working great! My /var/log/messages entries are as follows: Jul 4 10:25:33 inetgw kernel: 3Com EtherLink III: Overriding PCI latency timer (CFLT) setting of 32, new value is 255. Jul 4 10:25:33 inetgw kernel: eth0: 3Com 3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx at 0x6000, 00:60:97:b5:ad:75, IRQ 11 Jul 4 10:25:33 inetgw kernel: Internal config register is 16302d8, transceivers 0xe040. Jul 4 10:25:33 inetgw kernel: 8K word-wide RAM 3:5 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/MII interface. Jul 4 10:25:33 inetgw kernel: 3c59x.c:v0.30-all 12/23/96 [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Jul 4 10:25:33 inetgw kernel: eth0: Initial media type MII. Jul 4 10:25:33 inetgw kernel: eth0: vortex_open() InternalConfig 016302d8. Jul 4 10:25:33 inetgw kernel: eth0: vortex_open() irq 11 media status 8802. Jul 4 10:25:33 inetgw kernel: eth0: Media selection timer tick happened, MII. Jul 4 10:25:33 inetgw kernel: eth0: Media MII is has no indication, 8802. Jul 4 10:25:33 inetgw kernel: eth0: Media selection timer finished, MII. The only "funny" thing is that `ifconfig` reports eth0 as being "10Mbps Ethernet"; however, it *is* operating at 100Mbps. Anyway, that's my "success" story.... Later, Kevin Traas Systems Analyst Baan Business Systems -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .