Problem with 3c905 and Mandrake 6.1

[Al Goldstein]

I don't know which kernel Mandrake is using, but I recall that Dennis Becker's
update to 3c905 didn't appaear as 3c59x.c in the new kernels for quite a 
while after he finished making it.

I have a similar problem with a 509b rev A card. It is recognized ok by
freebsd 3.2 but doesn't run. The same card is not recgnized in solaris 2.5.
I'm running a 509b rev A card  in this linux box together with the 3c59x 
card. Both work. Kernel 2.3.21. Looks like Dennis' code runs all the versions 
of 509.

On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Kevin Ford wrote:

> Try cat /proc/interrupts
> 
> that should tell you all you IRQ settings.
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From:	Matthew Hill [SMTP:matthill@home.com]
> > Sent:	Wednesday, December 22, 1999 5:07 PM
> > To:	linux-vortex@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov
> > Subject:	Re: Problem with 3c905 and Mandrake 6.1
> > 
> > Followup:
> > 
> > I have the alias for eth0 set in /etc/conf.modules to 3c59x.
> > I tried to eliminate the IRQ sharing for the3c905  as I'd heard that some
> > PCI NICs don't particularly share well. It didn't to make a difference. I
> > am still unable to transmit or receive, though the card
> > initializes okay and is reported as okay (with correct IRQ, MAC, I/O with
> > ifconfig -a
> >  
> > What else can I try?
> >  Outside of replacing the NIC with an old ISA, I've run out of
> > ideas...HELP!
> >  
> > TIA
> > Matt
> > 
> > 	-----Original Message-----
> > 	From: Matthew Hill < matthill@home.com <mailto:matthill@home.com>>
> > 	To: linux-vortex@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov
> > <mailto:linux-vortex@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov> <
> > linux-vortex@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov
> > <mailto:linux-vortex@beowulf.gsfc.nasa.gov>>
> > 	Date: Monday, December 20, 1999 11:28 AM
> > 	Subject: Problem with 3c905 and Mandrake 6.1
> > 	
> > 	
> > 	Hi,
> > 
> > 	I recently installed Mandrake 6.1 as another bootable OS on my
> > Celeron based
> > 
> > 	system. I also have NT 4 and Win98 operating on the same system
> > using the
> > 
> > 	installed 3c905 board.
> > 
> > 	I am unable to get the 3c905 to access the network under Mandrake. I
> > have
> > 
> > 	rebuilt the kernel and tried both the original 3c59x driver as well
> > as the
> > 
> > 	3com 3c90x driver both loading as modules.
> > 
> > 	The system seems to prefer the 3c59x driver as it initializes the
> > board fine
> > 
> > 	and ifconfig reports eth0 as okay (using IRQ 9 ).
> > 
> > 	I currently have the option debug=1 set. When I attempt to ping a
> > local
> > 
> > 	linux box there is no response and a message "transmit timed out
> > tx_status
> > 
> > 	00 status e000" is reported.
> > 
> > 	Any help or suggestions are welcome. I'm currently considering
> > juggling IRQs
> > 
> > 	used by the PCI bus as IRQ 9 is also used by another device (there
> > were no
> > 
> > 	sharing complaints so I assumed they both would behave).
> > 
> > 	thanks,
> > 
> > 	Matt
> > 
> > 	matthill@home.com <mailto:matthill@home.com>
> > 
> > 	 
> > 
>