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Quote:>Hi all:
> I have a quick question about the driver support for the 3c905B
>10/100TX ethernet card. The latest 3c59x driver seems to recognize it
>(the one in RedHat 5.1 distribution). Is this the right way to go? Was
>the 3c59x driver updated to recognize and support the 3c905B, or do I
>need to go out and grab a new driver.

alias eth0 3c59x
options 3c59x full_duplex=1 options=1 debug=0

I hope this helps,
Steve

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Quote:>the 3c59x driver bundled w/ redhat 5.0  works for my 3c905-tx, no
>problem.

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: >the 3c59x driver bundled w/ redhat 5.0  works for my 3c905-tx, no
: >problem.

: Yes, but if you get a 3c905B....

Yes, what? I have 3c509B, too. It doesn't work. ifconfig says
it may be transmitting packets, but Rx packet number is 0.
I am trying for a week now to make a bridge with two cards.
the old one 3c509 is ok, but the new one: i can't seem to get
it running. Even the little green LED near RJ jack goes OFF
when iconfig up is issued. Shouldn't it be ON?

Please help. This is driving me nuts. Zdravko.

: : >the 3c59x driver bundled w/ redhat 5.0  works for my 3c905-tx, no
: : >problem.

: : Yes, but if you get a 3c905B....

: Yes, what? I have 3c509B, too. It doesn't work. ifconfig says
: it may be transmitting packets, but Rx packet number is 0.
: I am trying for a week now to make a bridge with two cards.
: the old one 3c509 is ok, but the new one: i can't seem to get
: it running. Even the little green LED near RJ jack goes OFF
: when iconfig up is issued. Shouldn't it be ON?

: Please help. This is driving me nuts. Zdravko.

And yes, of course: Slackware 3.2, linux 2.0.29!

Quote:>Yes, what? I have 3c509B, too. It doesn't work. ifconfig says
>it may be transmitting packets, but Rx packet number is 0.
>I am trying for a week now to make a bridge with two cards.
>the old one 3c509 is ok, but the new one: i can't seem to get
>it running. Even the little green LED near RJ jack goes OFF
>when iconfig up is issued. Shouldn't it be ON?

>Please help. This is driving me nuts. Zdravko.

http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html

I have it working here 100 and full duplex

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Quote:>Do you have the latest code and do you have things turned on in
>conf.modules?  You have to enable full_duplex=1 options=1 I believe it
>is....

insmod -v -f -s /lib/modules/2.0.32/net/3c59x.o full_duplex=1 options=1

Into syslog popped:
winnie kernel: Media override to tranceiver type 1 (10Mbs AUI))

And the connection is finally 100baseTx.  Apparently, 3c59x.c autodetects
this card as having an 10baseT connection, and to force it to 100baseTx you
have to force it to 10Mbs AUI, a feature that doesn't physically exist on
the card???  Yikes!  I'll try it on the 2.0.34 machines shortly.

Where did you find these details?  We've got the current code from the
NASA/Goddard site:

static char *version =
"3c59x.c:v0.99E 5/12/98 Donald Becker
http://www.veryComputer.com/\n";

I'll post this to a few newsgroups as there are folks thrashing around for
this information in at least three languages.

Edward
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