I see two big advantages right off :) The 3C905B-TX is PCI, and
it's FAST :)
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Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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On Wed, 13 May 1998, Pat Swanson wrote:
> A++ Matt,
>
> Thanks for you update, but btw, I replaced my ethernet to another old
> NE2000 card and now it's connecting fine, please let me know if I will
> have any more advantages if I hocked my 3com 3c905B-TX ethernet card
> back on. i.e. this current card is with a ISA interface where the 3com
> is a PCI interface.
>
> thanks again.
>
> Pat
>
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> >Date: Wed, 13 May 1998 10:21:22 -0500 (CDT)
> >From: Matt Housh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> >Subject: 3C905B-TX problem worked out
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> > With the help of Donald Becker, I've finally gotten my on board
> >3C905B-TX working. It's a hack, it's nasty, it gripes at boot time, but
> >for those of you who, like me, couldn't get the "official" Cyclone
> driver
> >working, here's a dirty way to fix it.:
> >
> >In the file 3c59x.c from kernel source 2.1.101 (v0.47h) (this should
> work
> >on others, tho, not limited to 2.1.101, just depends on the driver
> src...)
> >there is a line that looks like:
> >
> > /* Wait a few ticks for the RxReset command to complete. */
> >
> >and right below that, a 20 iteration loop to wait a few ticks, as the
> >comment says. Donald Becker suggested changing this value to something
> >higher. I changed it to 2000, and it works, although I still get
> messages
> >about invalid checksums (which he said would happen, as well.) My line
> >looks like this now:
> >
> > /* Wait a few ticks for the RxReset command to complete. */
> > for (i = 2000; i >= 0 ; i--)
> >
> > I know it's not pretty, but it works. HTH
> >
> >Matt
> >
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