heh, are you on crack? tulip on 2.4.9 doesn't even work properly without a patch, and in 2.6, the tulip-driver has been split up in like 4 different modules. while 3com just works-every-time, even isa-3coms work flawless as long as you manually set them to use rj45 instead of bnc/coax.
3com 4evah ;-) - Sindre >===== Original Message From "Brian A. Stumm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ===== >On Fri, 19 Sep 2003, Daniel Stroven wrote: > >> brian wrote: >> Gee so your saying that ANCIENT 2.4.9 kernel supported all your NEW >> hardware? >> >> No, had to patch source for eth cards. I think a couple other things >> possibly. > >If your patching your ETHnet cards then you don't do your homework >upfront. Purchase cards that use tulip based drivers and you can use ANY >kernel you want. Netgear FA310s work with tulip drivers, so do many >realteks and intel chips. btw, netgear FA311's do NOT use tulip drivers, >but 310s do. 10/100 NIC's have been around far too long to worry about >drivers, just use cards that support the tulip driver... I stear clear of >3coms on linux btw... > > >_______________________________________________ >To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: >http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux _______________________________________________ To unsubscribe, edit your list preferences, or view the list archives, please visit: http://list.valvesoftware.com/mailman/listinfo/hlds_linux
