[vortex] Problems with 3c59x driver network adapter stops working

[Malcolm Scott]

At 16:07 today, Bogdan Costescu wrote:

> On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Malcolm Scott wrote:
> 
> > I had a few problems with autonegotiation with the Vortex driver, and
> > the 3Com driver fixed them.
> 
> I can't seem to find any message from you on the mailing lists asking for 
> advice...

Ruben van der Leij has replied off-list with a hint. He suggests I use the 
DOS utility to reset the card's EEPROM. I'll post the results here when I've 
tried it.

> 
> > And the Vortex driver developers could possibly use some code from
> > 3Com's driver... it's GPL'ed after all.
> 
> If you find something useful there, you could send patch :-)
> 

Sorry, but I know very little about C programming - not to mention driver 
development. It was just a suggestion.

> 

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