>> > 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.
Well... I'm having network disconnects on a RH6.1 system with a 3C905C card
in it. Maybe this is the answer that I've been looking for. Why isn't the
3Com drive included in the kernel source? It appears to be under GPL.
Lee Howard
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