[3c509] 3c59x driver + Cable/DSL router - can't get'em to talk!

Ed Hourigan edh@twcny.rr.com
Fri, 9 Feb 2001 07:26:05 -0500


-----Original Message-----
From: Donald Becker [mailto:becker@scyld.com]
Sent: Thursday, February 08, 2001 9:46 PM
To: Ed Hourigan
Cc: 3c509@scyld.com
Subject: Re: [3c509] 3c59x driver + Cable/DSL router - can't get'em to talk!

On Thu, 8 Feb 2001, Ed Hourigan wrote:

>> I have a 3COM model 3c905C NIC in a brand new Dell PC.  I have a
>> "Cable/DSL"

>905C or 905CX?
>You'll have to look at the printing on the card to find out.
              I'll have to open the case and find out.


>> Tried various options to the driver with no luck.

>Pass *no* options -- they will only prevent correct operation.

>> I obtained netdrivers-2.1.src.rpm.

>What was the driver detection message?
>>
Feb  9 07:00:05 dell01 kernel: 3c59x.c 16Aug00 Donald Becker and others
http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
Feb  9 07:00:05 dell01 kernel: eth0: 3Com 3c905C Tornado at 0xdc00,
00:01:03:c5:7b:42, IRQ 11
Feb  9 07:00:05 dell01 kernel:   8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split,
autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
Feb  9 07:00:05 dell01 kernel:   MII transceiver found at address 1, status
24.
Feb  9 07:00:05 dell01 kernel:   MII transceiver found at address 2, status
24.
Feb  9 07:00:05 dell01 kernel:   Enabling bus-master transmits and
whole-frame receives.





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