Marcus Wanner wrote: > On 10/28/2009 5:39 PM, Dale wrote: >> Marcus Wanner wrote: >> >>> On 10/28/2009 04:01 AM, Dale wrote: >>> >>>> Mick wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>>> To read your PCI connected devices you need: >>>>> >>>>> lspci -v >>>>> >>>>> HTH. >>>>> >>>> That is the key command in my opinion. That will tell you what driver >>>> it is using for what device. If it works while booted on the Live CD, >>>> then that driver is most likely what you need. Take the name of the >>>> driver, then search for it in menuconfig. You hit the "/" key to >>>> search. Its like the ? key without hitting shift. It should show you >>>> exactly where the driver is located so you can go enable it. Then you >>>> just recompile the kernel and copy it to /boot. >>>> >>>> This is what the output should look like: >>>> >>>> 01:08.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. Ethernet >>>> 100/10 >>>> MBit (rev 31) >>>> Subsystem: ARCHTEK TELECOM Corp Device 0008 >>>> Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 16 >>>> I/O ports at 9800 [size=256] >>>> Memory at df002000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] >>>> [virtual] Expansion ROM at 88100000 [disabled] [size=256K] >>>> Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 1 >>>> Kernel driver in use: dmfe >>>> >>>> >>>> The last line is the key. If I were searching for that driver, I >>>> would >>>> search for dmfe and enable it as built in or a module. >>>> >>>> If that command doesn't show the driver, then you may need to start >>>> with >>>> some of the other commands to see what you can test to get it working. >>>> >>>> Dale >>>> >>>> :-) :-) >>> I booted up the livecd and ran lspci -v, it worked great. I got >>> similar output to that above, and found out that I am using a "3Com >>> Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)" and that "Kernel driver >>> in use: 3c59x". Great! Only problem was that when I went to look for >>> that driver in menuconfig, all I found were two other drivers for >>> similar cards (one of which had "[Typhoon]" in the name). >>> >>> However, I enabled those drivers, recompiled, rebooted, and everything >>> works great. Thanks for all your help. >>> >>> By the way, I have never had such great technical support before. I am >>> really amazed that within 12 hours, I had about 3 different ways of >>> fixing this, and was able to have it up and running within 45 minutes >>> of checking my email this morning. Wonderful! >>> >>> Marcus >>> >>> >>> >> >> Now I'm confused. I did a search here as well and it returned nothing >> matching that driver. This is a first for me. Has anyone else ever >> searched for a driver when you have the exact name and not get a match >> when the driver is actually there? I did a manual search and the driver >> is there. >> Glad you got the network working tho. >> Dale >> >> :-) :-) > Yeah, I guess it's because you have to download that particular driver > separately? > > Marcus > >
It's in the kernel tho. This appears to be the one: 3c590/3c900 series (592/595/597) "Vortex/Boomerang" support The help screen lists your card. Just weird to me. Dale :-) :-)
