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> Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2000 10:58:59 -0800 (PST)
> From: Rick Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
>
> Nicht. The 3C905 is very definitely PCI. There are 3 revs of the card, at
> least: 3C905, 3C905B, and 3C905C. The original and the B version will run
> off the 3C59x driver, or rather nominally off the 3C59x driver. If you
> read the HOWTO, Don Becker's comments, etc. the 3C59x is 'supported' with
> the original Rev only. For B and C variants it is imperative that the 3COM
> driver, the 3C90x driver, be used. If you go to www.3COM.com and search
> for Linux the driver page should show up; download the latest version which
> at last check as 1.0.0i. In the package are scripts to compile the
> module. Compile, install into the modules directory, make sure that the
> conf.modules has the following line:
>
> alias eth0 3c90x
>
> and reboot. That should work.
>
> - rick warner
Huh, I've got some 3c905b cards working fine with the 3c59x driver
with kernels 2.2.16 and 2.2.17. Not because I'm a rebel, I just
hadn't looked at the HOWTO recently and didn't know any better.
Dave
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