Rick,
I'm running my home network on a 3c905C using the 3C59x driver and it
appears to be runnning fine. Configured without a hitch. Should I be worried
about data corruption or performance degradation? I saw the somewhat cryptic
warning in the Redhat hardware compatibility list but I took my chances.
Frank Reichenbacher
----- Original Message -----
From: Rick Warner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 11:58 AM
Subject: Re: RH62 and 3com 3C9X
>
> 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.
>
> - rick warner
>
> On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Marco Shaw wrote:
>
> > Pretty sure these are ISA NICs. Typically, ISA won't be auto-detected
100%.
> > You'll need to:
> > 1) Set some jumpers to a specific IRQ/IO
> > or
> > 2) Get the current config by using a DOS config diskette (or installing
> > Windows), if jumperless.
> >
> > Then try to load 'insmod 3c509 irq=X' to see if the module will load.
> >
> > That's a good start...
> >
> > Marco
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Carson, Chuck" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, October 31, 2000 12:18 PM
> > Subject: RH62 and 3com 3C9X
> >
> >
> > >
> > > After tossing RH7 into the trash can after many many glibc woes, I am
> > going
> > > to step back to RH62. However, it has a 3Com 3c905 NIC, which it is
not
> > > detecting. (This box was a SuSe box before trying RH7) Do I need to
get a
> > > newer kernel and recompile, or is there something I can do at install
time
> > > to detect this NIC?
> > >
> > > Thanks greatly,
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Chuck Carson Sr. Systems Engineer
> > > 858.909.3505 Office eBuilt.com
> > > 760.212.5899 Mobile San Diego, CA
> > >
> > >
> > >
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