Problem with 3com 575 (Cardbus) card

Brian Grant grant@cs.washington.edu
Thu Nov 12 18:08:27 1998


I got a Dell notebook with a 3com 575 card in early October.  I haven't
been able to get it to work using the drivers (3c59x) available on the web
page (versions from Jan., Feb., May, Sep.), including the latest "test"
version from the web page, which looked like it had support for my card: 
ftp://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/linux/drivers/test/3c59x.c
Version: 3c59x.c:v0.99G 9/25/98

What I see in the log file is:
cardmgr[534]: socket 0: 3Com 3CCFE575 Fast EtherLink XL
cardmgr[534]: executing 'insmod /lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia/cb_enabler.o'
cardmgr[534]: executing 'insmod /lib/modules/preferred/pcmcia/3c59x_cb.o'
cardmgr[534]: bind '3c59x_cb' to socket 0 failed: Operation not supported by device

Information from my card:
Dell Fast Ethernet 10/100 BASE-TX Parallel Tasking Cardbus PC Card by 3com
Model 3CCFE575BT-D
PN: 16-0142-000 Rev:A

Windows says it is a "3Com Megahertz" card.

My system:
Dell Latitude CPi
RedHat 5.1
2.0.34 kernel
pcmcia-cs-3.0.0; I haven't tried pcmcia-cs-3.0.5 because of
  supposed incompatibility with APM. 

I used the /etc/pcmcia/config entries from the web page:
device "3c575_cb"
  class "network" module "cb_enabler", "3c59x_cb"

card "3Com 3CCFE575 Fast EtherLink XL"
  manfid 0x0101, 0x5157
  bind "3c575_cb"

I was unable to access any of the mailing-list archives (broken links and
down servers), so I would greatly appreciate any information regarding 
driver support for this card (other available drivers, debugging tips, etc.).

Thank you.
--Brian Grant