3Com 905C

[Simon]

Thanks for your time, I've managed to create an updated 5.2 bootdisk with
0.99L 3c59x.c driver...

Thanks all..

/Simon

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On Fri, 27 Aug 1999, Al Goldstein wrote:

> Date: Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:56:15 -0700 (PDT)
> From: Al Goldstein <al@cool.bioeng.washington.edu>
> To: Simon Epsteyn <seva@fnal.gov>
> Cc: linux-vortex@cesdis1.gsfc.nasa.gov
> Subject: Re: 3Com 905C
> 
> On Thu, 26 Aug 1999, Simon Epsteyn wrote:
> Hi Simonn,
> 
> If you have the source look in /usr/src/linux/drivers/net; it will be
> listed. I have it in 2.3.13. I guess it is 2.2.9 and other 2.2's
> 2.2.9 was an ok kernel as I remember. 2.3.15 is now out.
> For 2.2 kernels probably 5.2 needs updating. look in ....linux/Doc*/changes
> Another possibiliy: get a later linux dist or freebsd3.2.
> 
> Al.
> 
> > Hello, I am not on this list so please cc: me directly.
> > 
> > I have a 3c905C "Tornado" Card in ten new machines that I am trying to
> > install (modified) Red Hat 5.2 on.  Our Red Hat 5.2 includes kernel 2.0.36
> > (instead of the original 2.0.35), but my main questions is, when was the
> > support for 905C added to the driver? Did it make it into 2.0.36 or do I
> > need to grab the latest source and make new modules, because neither
> > autodetect nor specifiyng params does work during install...
> > 
> > Thanks...
> > 
> > /Simon
> > 
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> > 
> > 
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