[vortex] IBM-Thinkpad with Mini-PCI Card 3c556B Kernel 2.2.16 - 2.4.1

[Donald Becker]

On Tue, 6 Feb 2001, Uwe Tangen wrote:

> I have a stupid problem. I picked up the 3c59x-driver (beginning
> from 2.2.17 upto the
> integrated one in the kernel 2.4.1). The installation of this
> driver is no problem at all!
> I get NO apparent error messages. The machine is a ThinkPad T21
> bought in Dec. 2000.
> 
> My problem now is that using this driver is only possible in
> parts if
> I additionally let a Cardbus-Tulip card running at the same
> time.

Check /proc/interrupts.
My guess is that only the Tulip card is generating interrupts.
The packets are only being handled from the 3Com card when the Tulip
card transmits or receives.

The 0.99Rb and later drivers should emit a message warning about this
situation. 

To figure out a solution we will have to figure out a bit more about the
mini-PCI configuration of the T21.

> Feb  6 16:27:49 rihm kernel: 3c59x.c 19Oct00 Donald Becker and
> others http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
...
> (I have to give the
> PCMCIA-card back). I tried all available drivers, several
> kernels from 2.2.16 upto 2.4.1
> with always the same result.

Have you tried the driver from scyld.com?  It would have reported the
problem... 


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