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?

no 3c50hwatever just etherlink xl tpo
read in a doc somewhere that those are compatible with 3c503, so i'll install
the distro kernel (2.2.13) instead of the one i have, the 2.2.10. shouldnt be
too hard to get it going then, i hope.

> > > > 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 ok :-)

> > > > 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?

from the control panel within windows. i just checked again, it is indeed that
range. same for the other nic.
it's very odd, but the 3com card detector detects it too, so i guess that's
normal. however, avery example in a linux howto mentions a 0xXXX type of io
port. but i dont think that would be the problem. or maybe it would....


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