Re: 3com905c vs Rage128: In this corner, wearing the white trunks....
Kent West wrote: Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But! Apparently the 3com905c requires a 2.0.x kernel, and won't work with the 2.2.x version. The Rage128 video card, not being supported yet by Xfree86, can only work with the frame buffer method, which apparently requires a 2.2.x kernel. I have many 3com905 cards working perfectly well here with 2.2.x kernels (with versions all the way up). Did you really try the kernel driver option CONFIG_VORTEX (Vortex/Boomerang support)? (Maybe I'm missing something here, I didn't see the whole thread.) Greetings, joachim It's the 3com905c that's unsupported. The '905, '905a, and '905b are supported. However, last night I learned that the c is supported in the driver available on the driver maintainer's page. Tomorrow when I get back in the office I'll download the source and recompile it and see if it works. It worked. The 3c905.c driver available from http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/, worked with the 3c905c card. I do get a CHECKSUM ERROR when booting, but networking still works. I'll get around to posting a question about the error in a day or two after I've worked out a couple of other issues.
Re: 3com905c vs Rage128: In this corner, wearing the white trunks....
Joachim Trinkwitz wrote: Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But! Apparently the 3com905c requires a 2.0.x kernel, and won't work with the 2.2.x version. The Rage128 video card, not being supported yet by Xfree86, can only work with the frame buffer method, which apparently requires a 2.2.x kernel. I have many 3com905 cards working perfectly well here with 2.2.x kernels (with versions all the way up). Did you really try the kernel driver option CONFIG_VORTEX (Vortex/Boomerang support)? (Maybe I'm missing something here, I didn't see the whole thread.) Greetings, joachim It's the 3com905c that's unsupported. The '905, '905a, and '905b are supported. However, last night I learned that the c is supported in the driver available on the driver maintainer's page. Tomorrow when I get back in the office I'll download the source and recompile it and see if it works.
Re: 3com905c vs Rage128: In this corner, wearing the white trunks....
Kent West [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: But! Apparently the 3com905c requires a 2.0.x kernel, and won't work with the 2.2.x version. The Rage128 video card, not being supported yet by Xfree86, can only work with the frame buffer method, which apparently requires a 2.2.x kernel. I have many 3com905 cards working perfectly well here with 2.2.x kernels (with versions all the way up). Did you really try the kernel driver option CONFIG_VORTEX (Vortex/Boomerang support)? (Maybe I'm missing something here, I didn't see the whole thread.) Greetings, joachim
3com905c vs Rage128: In this corner, wearing the white trunks....
Just dandy. With the help of Heikki Vatiainen I was able to get my 3com905c NIC working. Yea! With the help of others on the web (names not in front of me at the moment) I was able to get my Rage128-based video card working. Yea! But! Apparently the 3com905c requires a 2.0.x kernel, and won't work with the 2.2.x version. The Rage128 video card, not being supported yet by Xfree86, can only work with the frame buffer method, which apparently requires a 2.2.x kernel. You see the problem? I can boot into a 2.0.36 system and use the network. Or I can boot into a 2.2.9 system and use the X Window System. But I can't use both the NIC anc X at the same time. Bummer. Any suggestions? (Besides swapping out hardware or waiting till one or the other is properly supported.) I thought I could just reapply the patched 3c905 driver code to the 2.2 kernel, but nope. Apparently the driver has undergone quite a bit of change, and I can't make heads or tails out of the new driver code; I didn't understand the 2.0 code either, but Heikki gave me enough info to muddle through and get it patched; but that info doesn't apply to the new code. TIA!
