> Salutations, linux-il. > > I have a new 3com PCI NIC, which claims it is a "3c905cx", but lspci > with the latest pci.ids file gives: > > 00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device ffff (rev 78) > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 > I/O ports at 6500 [size=128] > Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K] > Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 > 00: b7 10 ff ff 07 00 10 02 78 00 00 02 08 40 00 00 > 10: 01 65 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 > 20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff > 30: 00 00 00 00 dc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 0b 01 1e 3f > > Notice the unknown device bits. Donald Becker's vortex-diag also > spews some error about this card: > > [root@alhambra 3com]# ./vortex-diag -p 0x6500 -t 17 -ee > vortex-diag.c:v2.06 4/18/2002 Donald Becker ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html > Assuming a 3c905C Tornado 100baseTx adapter at 0x6500. > EEPROM format 64x16, configuration table at offset 0: > ... > > The word-wide EEPROM checksum is 0000. > Saved EEPROM settings of a 3Com Vortex/Boomerang: > 3Com Node Address FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (used as a unique ID only). > OEM Station address ff:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (used as the ethernet address). > Device ID ffff, Manufacturer ID ffff. > Manufacture date (MM/DD/YYYY) 15/31/. > A BIOS ROM of size 960Kx8 is expected. > Options: force full duplex, link beat check disabled. > Vortex format checksum is incorrect (0000 vs. ffff). > Cyclone format checksum is incorrect (00 vs. 0xff). > Hurricane format checksum is incorrect (00 vs. 0xff). > > > Any ideas who I should contact to pursue this further? I want to get > this sucker to work. > -- > The ill-formed Orange > Fails to satisfy the eye: http://vipe.technion.ac.il/~mulix/ > Segmentation fault. http://syscalltrack.sf.net/ >
Looks like this card gives headaches to other people too. Searching Google gives http://www.tux.org/hypermail/linux-vortex/2000-Nov/0040.htm l and the followup at 0041.html. I didn't pursue it further. -- Shaul Karl email: shaulka(replace with the at - @ - character)bezeqint.net ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
