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I am planning to install Linux on my new Micron 100 MHz Pentium
machine. I went and bought a 3Com 3C590 PCI bus master ethernet adapter
*AND THEN* read the hardware compatibility HOWTO and the ethernet HOWTO.
Dumb. Anyway, I couldn't find the 3C590 mentioned in either HOWTO. Does
anyone have any experience with this? Advice? TIA.

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Quote:>I am planning to install Linux on my new Micron 100 MHz Pentium
>machine. I went and bought a 3Com 3C590 PCI bus master ethernet adapter
>*AND THEN* read the hardware compatibility HOWTO and the ethernet HOWTO.
>Dumb. Anyway, I couldn't find the 3C590 mentioned in either HOWTO. Does
>anyone have any experience with this? Advice? TIA.

        The 3C590 works great under Linux. Get 3c59x-new.c from Donald
Becker's web page. http://www.veryComputer.com/

        Go down to '3Com 100Mbs "Vortex" PCI ethercards' (Yes I know it's
not 100 Mbps) and click on it. Then click on "updated Vortex driver".
That's the file you want.

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: >I am planning to install Linux on my new Micron 100 MHz Pentium
: >machine. I went and bought a 3Com 3C590 PCI bus master ethernet adapter
: >*AND THEN* read the hardware compatibility HOWTO and the ethernet HOWTO.
: >Dumb. Anyway, I couldn't find the 3C590 mentioned in either HOWTO. Does
: >anyone have any experience with this? Advice? TIA.

:       The 3C590 works great under Linux. Get 3c59x-new.c from Donald
: Becker's web page. http://www.veryComputer.com/

:       Go down to '3Com 100Mbs "Vortex" PCI ethercards' (Yes I know it's
: not 100 Mbps) and click on it. Then click on "updated Vortex driver".
: That's the file you want.

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: Joel Katz                   Corporate Web Pages - http://WWW.*Plus.COM
: Information on Objectivism, Atheism, the 8031/8051 Microcontrollers, Linux
: and more is available at "http://www.veryComputer.com/~stimpson/".
:       unzip ; touch ; finger ; mount ; gasp ; yes ; umount ; sleep
Ok, and then what?  I have it running on the 1.3.32 kernel but don't know
how to get it to compile in later versions.  Any help appreciated.  TIA

Pat

I got it to work in a 1.3.40 kernel making it a module that I load on startup.
Uli
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You must have an ancient version of the E'net-HowTo. The 3c590
driver has been available since march, and it has been in the
Enet-HowTo since may. You have to get it from Donald's ftp/www
site and install it yourself.

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

Paul.