[vortex] Problem with 3com 10/100 Mini PCI adapter (3c556B?)under 2.2.19

[Andrew Morton]

"Akihiko YAMAMOTO ($B;3K\L@I'(B)" wrote:
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> ;; "andrewm>" == andrewm@uow.edu.au (Andrew Morton) wrote:
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> andrewm> Please have a hunt in your BIOS settings and see if
> andrewm> you can disable `PNP OS'.
> 
> Thanks for your quick response.
> 
> I've just checked the BIOS menu.
> It seems that there's no way to disable `PNP OS' in my BIOS.
> 
> My BIOS says its version is 1.0N-220-0713/175A2800 (Phoenix BIOS).

Oh dear.  I'm told that 2.2 kernels don't like PNP-aware-OS
BIOS settings.

Have you tried a 2.4 kernel?