[Fwd: [vortex] Does 3c59x.c support 3C905C-TXM ?] ... more!

[Bogdan Costescu]

On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Marcus Ramos wrote:

> - If I use only the PCI NIC board (3C905C-TXM), this means, if I disable the
> on-board NIC, it works 3c90x but not with 3c59x;
> - Further, if the 3C905-TXM is added to yet another box, which has an on-board
> NIC from Intel, only the 3c90x will work. 3c59 won't in this case.

My guess is that your card is of 905CX type (notice the X after C). Only
new versions of 3c59x support these cards (the ones in 2.2.19 and 2.4.2
should work).

Sincerely,

Bogdan Costescu

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