3c905b-tx help needed

[root@george.ikansas.com]

seems like the .99f driver doesn't work for me (at least) unless I boot
into windows 95/nt first, (then proceed to linux) then the card gets
activated correctly. However on a straight linux box this doesn't do me or
my customers any good, as I get the same messages you get, except the
card doesn't get initialized... So for single boot linux machines I use
the .99E version of the driver.  .99E is available in the 2.0.35

I haven't had the time to play with this further, unfortunately....


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On Thu, 27 Aug 1998 vortex@draper.net wrote:

> Hi, I am struggling with a 3C905B-TX nic and am hoping that the
> collective wisdom on this list can lead me to a solution.  The hardware
> configuration works ok under Windows98.
> 
> The environment 
> ---------------
> Recently manufactured Dell XPS-R400 400mhz Pentium II
> Phoenix BIOS 4.0 Release 6.0, Dell Version A03
> RedHat Linux 5.1, kernel 2.0.34
> Driver 3c59x.c v0.99F 8/7/98
> 10mbs Lan, Dayna MiniHub-5
> 		 
> The problem
> -----------
> [root@kasandral /root]#insmod 3c59x debug=3
> 3c59x.c:v0.99F 8/7/89 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortext.html
> loading device 'eth0'...
> 
> Aug 27 05:22:37 kasandral kernel: 3c59x.c:v0.99F 8/7/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortext.html
> Aug 27 05:22:37 kasandral kernel:   The PCI BIOS has not been enabled for this device!  Updating PCI command 0000->0005.
> Aug 27 05:22:37 kasandral kernel: loading device 'eth0'...
> Aug 27 05:22:37 kasandral kernel: eth0: 3Com 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0x1000, 00:10:4b:67:9e:8a, IRQ 11
> Aug 27 05:22:37 kasandral kernel:   8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
> Aug 27 05:22:37 kasandral kernel:   MII transceiver found at address 24, status 782d.
> Aug 27 05:22:37 kasandral kernel:   Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receivers.
> 
> [root@kasandral /root]#ifconfig eth0 206.96.231.18
> [root@kasandral /root]#ifconfig
> eth0       Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:10:4B:67:9E:8A
>            inet addr:206.96.231.18  Bcast:206.96.231.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
>            UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
>            RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>            TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0
>            Interrupt:11 Base address:0x1000
> 
> [root@kasandral /root]#ping 206.96.231.18
> PING 206.96.231.18 (206.96.231.18): 56 data bytes
> ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
> ...
> 
> [root@kasandral /root]#route add 206.96.231.18 eth0
> [root@kasandral /root]#route
> Kernel IP routing table
> Destination     Gateway	    Genmask         Flags Metric Ref    Use Iface
> kasandral.drape	*	    255.255.255.255 UH    0      0        0 eth0
> 
> [root@kasandral /root]#ping 206.96.231.18
> PING 206.96.231.18 (206.96.231.18): 56 data bytes
> ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
> ping: wrote 206.96.231.18 64 chars, ret=-1
> ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
> ping: wrote 206.96.231.18 64 chars, ret=-1
> ping: sendto: Network is unreachable
> ping: wrote 206.96.231.18 64 chars, ret=-1
> 
> --- 206.96.231.18 ping statistics ---
> 3 packets transmitted, 0 packets received, 100% packet loss
> 
> TIA
>