http://linuxtoday.com In the notes for 2.4.0ac3 as just released by Alan Cox is reference to:
o Add support for the newer 3c905 cards (Andrew Morton) Perhaps trying this patch might be worth your while. Cheers, Corey J. Popelier http://members.dingoblue.net.au/~pancreas On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Phil Brutsche wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > i've been using stock kernel 2.2.17 that came with potato. it > > recognized my 3com nic (as 3com 3c905c) and works wonderfully. > > > > i would like to ungrade to kernel 2.4.0 (now that it's stable). > > after rebooting a custom 2.4.0, i can't seem to get the nic recognized > > by the kernel. in the recompile, i specified 3com (and the 900 > > series). > > > > does anyone know how i can get the 3com nic (that 2.2.17 sees as > > 3c905c) to be recognized by 2.4.0? > > 2.4.0 has known problems with 3com PCI ethernet cards. I think there are > patches available, but I don't know where. > > The 3c59x driver in 2.4.0-test11 works great through - maybe you could > drop that in and see what you get. > > Beyond that your options are: > * stick with 2.2.x > * wait for 2.4.1 > > - -- > - ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > GPG fingerprint: 9BF9 D84C 37D0 4FA7 1F2D 7E5E FD94 D264 50DE 1CFC > GPG key id: 50DE1CFC > GPG public key: http://tux.creighton.edu/~pbrutsch/gpg-public-key.asc > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE6V5NZ/ZTSZFDeHPwRAhsSAKChbAfgMoUPmYZ8SswNIeCPueAF3wCghE8f > 4odr41bokeK3mAuktf40S7M= > =3vTS > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
