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3Com 3c507?

Post by Ermi » Thu, 15 Jun 1995 04:00:00



:   Any suggestions? maybe it's set up wrong?  Considering the fun I had
: with swapspace earlier, it could be anything. :)

: Ermine!

Well, I just RE-checked the linux website - there was the info all
along.. I am now re-compiling the kernel with the alpha 3c507 drivers.

(Wish me luck!)

Ermine!

 
 
 
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3Com 3c507?

Post by Ermi » Thu, 15 Jun 1995 04:00:00


I have a 3Com 3c507 ethernet card, and can't find any reference to it in
the  linux docs, although I've been told linux supports all their cards.
  Perhaps I'm setting it up wrong, as at bootup, I am still getting 'no
such device' errors, even after I configured a kernel with the 3Com support.
(I added all the 3com portions to the kernal, in hopes that one was the
proper driver.)
  Any suggestions? maybe it's set up wrong?  Considering the fun I had
with swapspace earlier, it could be anything. :)

Ermine!

 
 
 
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3Com 3c507?

Post by Michael Goldsber » Wed, 21 Jun 1995 04:00:00



>I have a 3Com 3c507 ethernet card, and can't find any reference to it in
>the  linux docs, although I've been told linux supports all their cards.
>  Perhaps I'm setting it up wrong, as at bootup, I am still getting 'no
>such device' errors, even after I configured a kernel with the 3Com support.
>(I added all the 3com portions to the kernal, in hopes that one was the
>proper driver.)
>  Any suggestions? maybe it's set up wrong?  Considering the fun I had
>with swapspace earlier, it could be anything. :)

I have three of theese cards, one is in the Linux server...
after I recompiled, it works fine. I would first guess that
you have an IRQ or base address problem.

Do a Yahoo search for "3com" and you can find the software,

Michael Goldsberry

 
 
 
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1. eth0 and 3Com 3c507 NIC card

Here's the skinny:

Have the 3c507 driver compiled into the kernel.  On boot, card is
detected correctly at IRQ 10, Mem 0300, etc.  With the card's native
state alterred by its DOS configurator app so that ZeroWaitStates are
disabled and Turbo mode is set to Standard, dhcpcd now communicates with
our dhcp server [when it before did not] and, viola, we have a working
network.  Sorta.  What happens is that nominal net traffic produces no
problems.  If, however, I run a TCP/IP app (same results whether
Netscape inside X or ncftp at the command prompt, for example),
approximately 50-60 seconds after starting up and while the app is
sending/retrieving data, this starts:

eth0: Command unit stopped, status xxxx, restarting -OR-
eth0: Rx unit stopped, status xxxx, restarting.

xxxx is replaced by a variety of four-digit numbers: 0000, a000, a040,
1220, 4040,  5020, and 5220, with 4040 being by far the most numerous
entry.  These stopped/restarting messages are repeated hundreds of time
(yes, hundreds, as /var/log/messages confirms: the last command was
repeated 696 [or 739[ times). These error messages will actually break
into the console as well as get listed in /var/log/messages.

Anyone have a clue what's going on?

My thanks,

Guy Stalnaker
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