At 12:23 AM 11/1/00 -0700, Lee Howard wrote:
>>> > 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
The 3c90x driver patch-2.2.5 seems to apply [somewhat] cleanly to kernel
2.2.17 (I've also got the ide patches applied so your offset may be
different).
[root@metroid linux]# patch -bp0 --dry-run < patch-2.2.5
patching file `Documentation/Configure.help'
Hunk #1 succeeded at 6500 (offset 718 lines).
patching file `drivers/net/Config.in'
Hunk #1 succeeded at 76 (offset 18 lines).
patching file `drivers/net/Makefile'
Hunk #1 succeeded at 540 (offset 30 lines).
patching file `drivers/net/Space.c'
Hunk #1 succeeded at 84 (offset 3 lines).
Hunk #2 succeeded at 193 (offset 19 lines).
patching file `drivers/net/3c90x.c'
patching file `drivers/net/3c90x.h'
patching file `Documentation/networking/3c90x.txt'
[root@metroid linux]#
Linux Kernel v2.2.17 Configuration
Linux Kernel v2.2.17 Configuration
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+----------------------- Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) ------------------------+
| Arrow keys navigate the menu. <Enter> selects submenus --->. |
| Highlighted letters are hotkeys. Pressing <Y> includes, <N> excludes, |
| <M> modularizes features. Press <Esc><Esc> to exit, <?> for Help. |
| Legend: [*] built-in [ ] excluded <M> module < > module capable |
| +---------------------------------------------------------------------+ |
| |[*] Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit) | |
| |[*] 3COM cards | |
| |< > 3c501 support (NEW) | |
| |< > 3c503 support (NEW) | |
| |< > 3c505 support (NEW) | |
| |< > 3c509/3c579 support (NEW) | |
| |< > 3c515 ISA Fast EtherLink (NEW) | |
| |< > 3c90x/3c980 B/C series "Cyclone/Hurricane/Tornado" support (NEW) | |
| |< > 3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) "Vortex/Boomerang" support (NEW)| |
| |< > AMD LANCE and PCnet (AT1500 and NE2100) support | |
| +v(+)-----------------------------------------------------------------+ |
Ã-------------------------------------------------------------------------´
| <Select> < Exit > < Help > |
+-------------------------------------------------------------------------+
I'm gonna feel real dumb if this is the fix to the problem I've been
racking my brain over for two weeks now...
Lee Howard
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