[vortex] Kernel 2.4.13/3c980

Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Wed, 24 Oct 2001 22:56:37 -0400 (EDT)


On Wed, 24 Oct 2001, Mark Bober wrote:

> The linux/drivers/pci/pci.ids file has changed so that the card formerly
> listed as (line 1619 in pci.ids):
>         9805  3c982 Dual Port Server Cyclone 
>                 10b7 9805  3c982 Dual Port Server Cyclone
>         9805  3c980-TX 10/100baseTX NIC [Python-T]
>                 10b7 9805  3c980 10/100baseTX NIC [Python-T]
> 
> which causes the 3c59x.c driver in both that kernel and in the latest
> releases from scyld.com to no longer recognize the card.

This change should have no impact on my driver (scyld.com).

I use numeric PCI IDs in the detection table, rather than rely on a some
mapping that might break.

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