[vortex] 3Com 3c556B

Jesse P. Robbins jesse@bayhouse.org
Fri, 22 Sep 2000 10:12:53 -0400


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

Thanks again.

-Jesse