A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said...
> Thanks for the response.
> Confused though, my card says 3c509b on it, not 3c590. Wassup?
You certainly are confused :)
The 3c509 series of cards (aka EtherLink III) are, and always have been,
ISA units.
Look at the contents of /proc
On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 11:15:04AM -0700, Chris Majewski wrote:
> I bought a 3c509b PCI thinking this would be the easiest and most
> reliable thing to get working.. bullshit.
> /proc/pci says:
>
> Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
> Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C905B 100bTX (rev 48).
So it i
Again, I'm on crack, the card does say 3c905 not 3c509.
I got the 'b' right though..
chris
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Chris Majewski wrote:
> Thanks for the response.
> Confused though, my card says 3c509b on it, not 3c590. Wassup?
> chris
>
>
The best I've been able to figure it out is that the two models are close
enough on the chipset that the drivers work right at least the *nix drivers
under windows you would want to get the 3c509b drivers under linux the other
works as well and the driver is in most distros. Same reason, I guess
The 3c59x module is built right into the stock kernel (at least for potato).
You don't even have to load a module. As long as it is recognized, it should
work. I just did an
install yesterday on one, and I skipped all the configure modules stuff--just
configured the network and I was off. Ch
Thanks for the response.
Confused though, my card says 3c509b on it, not 3c590. Wassup?
chris
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Ray Percival wrote:
> I just use the Vortex module. I know the numbers are not right but it works
> very well vor me 3C9XXX is the model number I think will have to check when I
I just use the Vortex module. I know the numbers are not right but it works
very well vor me 3C9XXX is the model number I think will have to check when I
get home to make sure.
-- Original Message --
From: Chris Majewski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 30 A
I bought a 3c509b PCI thinking this would be the easiest and most
reliable thing to get working.. bullshit.
/proc/pci says:
Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
Ethernet controller: 3Com 3C905B 100bTX (rev 48).
Medium devsel. IRQ 5. Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=10.Max
Lat=10.
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