[vortex] 3Com 3c556B

[Jesse P. Robbins]

On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Andrew Morton wrote:

> "Jesse P. Robbins" wrote:
> > 
> > Andrew Morton wrote:
> > >
> > > "Jesse P. Robbins" wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi I have a Thinkpad T20 with the above mentioned ethernet adapter.  I
> > > > am trying to get it working however when I load the patched module the
> > > > card gets a hardware address of either ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff or
> > > > 00:40:00:40:00:40 and in either case doesn't work. I am running a fresh
> > > > install of RedHat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14.  ANy help you can provide
> > > > would be greatly appreciated.  Thanks.
> > >
> > > Jesse,
> > >
> > > precisely which driver and patch are you using?  I'm not sure what you
> > > mean by "patched module".
> > 
> > Sorry about that.  I am using Donald Becker's newest 3c59x driver
> > patched with the patch posted by Andrew Morton in this message:
> > http://www.scyld.com/pipermail/vortex/2000-September/000595.html
> > 
> 
> Well, unless Louis or Donald have some ideas, I'm stumped.
> 
> All I can do is chase 3com for a datasheet.  :(
> 

Well thanks anyway.

-Jesse