On Wed, 03 Nov 1999, Thomas Molina wrote: > On Wed, 3 Nov 1999, Gene C. wrote: > > > Is anyone using the new 3c90x driver for the 3c905B nic? > > > > I have 3c905B network interface cards and with "statically" defined ip > > addresses they seem to work fine. However, when I changed /etc/conf.modules to > > use the 3c90x driver for a cable modem interface which uses pump to intialize, > > I had problems -- pump reported that the interface was intialized but the > > default route (which is normally set to this interface) was NOT set and tcpdump > > indicated that the interface was NOT intialized. Switching back to the old > > 3c59x driver got things working again. > > Which driver are you defining as the "new" one? From dmesg: > > 3c59x.c:v0.99H 11/17/98 Donald Becker > http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html This is the one I define as "old". The "new" one is in the kernel-2.2.12-32 in rawhide (oops! ... I thought it was in the base cartman but just checked and it is not). I am cc'ing the devel list since this is really a rawhide question ... but the way RedHat put some updates out to rawhide but not errata it sometimes get confusing. > > I use that version with dhcpcd-1.3.17pl5-2 from the 6.1 cd rather than > pump for setting up the interface for my cable modem. The default route > is set with no problem. Have you considered that the problem might be > with pump rather than the driver? Yes I have ... it is probably some combination of pump and the new driver. Gene -- To unsubscribe: mail -s unsubscribe [EMAIL PROTECTED] < /dev/null
