[vortex] does 3c59x run under 2.4.x?

[Ruben van der Leij]

On Fri, Jun 01, 2001 at 11:28:39AM -0400, David Caplan wrote:

> I looked through past messages and there seems to be some indication that
> people are using this driver with linux kernels 2.4.x. 

[root@hazel root]# lsmod | grep 3c
3c59x                  24640   1  (autoclean)

[root@hazel root]# lspci | grep 3c
00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 30)

[root@hazel root]# mii-tool -v 
eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD, link ok
  product info: vendor 00:00:00, model 0 rev 0
  basic mode:   autonegotiation enabled
  basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
  capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
  advertising:  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD
  link partner: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD 10baseT-HD flow-control

[root@hazel root]# ping -c 10000 -f 212.189.234.2
PING 212.189.234.2 (212.189.234.2) from 212.189.234.20 : 56(84) bytes of data.
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--- 212.189.234.2 ping statistics ---
10000 packets transmitted, 10000 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.109/0.114/0.700/0.011 ms

[root@hazel root]# ping -c 10000 -s 1500 -f 212.189.234.2
PING 212.189.234.2 (212.189.234.2) from 212.189.234.20 : 1500(1528) bytes of data.
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--- 212.189.234.2 ping statistics ---
10000 packets transmitted, 10000 packets received, 0% packet loss
round-trip min/avg/max/mdev = 0.707/0.726/1.648/0.033 ms

[root@hazel root]# uname -a
Linux hazel.nutz.nl 2.4.3-20mdk #1 Sun Apr 15 23:03:10 CEST 2001 i686 unknown

Works like a charm over here. 

-- 
Ruben

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