Re: [COMP] how can LINUX recognise a pci-networkcard

> yeah, could be that i didnt compile it in, however i compiled the kernel to be
> able to use other modules too, so i'll search for it. it's a 3Com EtherLink XL
> TPO btw (utp only). not smth you'll see every day. I guess 3com doesnt have
> drivers for it?

Hmm.. well, the modules wouldn't have been compiled for the card if you didn't 
tell
the kernel configuration to do so.  No, 3com probably doesn't have drivers for 
it,
but what's the model number on the card?  3C90what?

> > > is there a place to download drivers (specifically for my card.. i know
> > > everything about it, at least i thought)
> > > the card itself is ok (its back where it belonged, in this windows 
> > > machine)
> >
> > I'd try the mirrors, or search for it at google.  I actually just had to 
> > find
> > info on this card the other day for my office machine, but it turns out (by
> > reading the comments in /etc/rc.d/rc.modules) that the 905B is supported by
> the
> > 90x driver.
>
> i'll look into it. by mirrors, do you mean of my debian distro or such things 
> as
> freshmeat?

I mean the standard ftp mirrors.  metalab and such...

> > > oh, and while i'm at it... the io port was (hexadecimal) FF00 while 
> > > thother
> > > card in the linux machine was 280, only three numbers long. is this 
> > > normal?
> >
> > ? Got me. :)
>
> c'mon john! you can do better than that :-)
> to make it worse: the realtek networkcard in this machine has also io-ports in
> this range. now i know this machine is full (every slot and every ide-space is
> taken), could that be it?

I guess it could be, but if it'll work under windows, it'll work under Linux.  
What
threw me there is that FF00 for an io range... The 280 is fine, but what's with 
the
FF00?  Where'd you get that from?

John



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