[vortex-bug] 3com card initialization problem

Vlado Potisk vlado_potisk@tempest.sk
Sat, 31 Mar 2001 16:30:55 +0200


I'd like to report a bug I encountered, but I am not
sure if it is vortex specific...

The equipment:
 - PC hardware
 - 3com PCI card 3c905C
 - 3com ISA card 3c509B
 - Linux kernel 2.2.17 or 2.2.19 with both drivers compiled in

If there is only one card physically installed (either ISA or PCI), 
everything is fine, but if I install both cards, only one card
gets recognized and initialized on startup (no eth1)

I found a workaround: when I compile both drivers as modules,
the problem disappears and everything works as expected. That's
why I assume this is not a hardware problem.

Thanks,

	Vlado