Very Computer

Grerg Hartzog

It really bothers me that people go through lots of effort to write
these howtos and faqs yet people cant be bothered with 2 minutes
of their time to read them.

Mikey

I have tried to install the modules, but my 3C590 PCI card
is not detected at boot. I get the message:

bios32_init: BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fa000
bios32_init: entry in high memory, unable to access

I guess this is a PCI problem?
Have anybody had the same problem?
Any help are appreciated.

Well, I have a Compaq Prolinea 590, and a
Diamond Stealth PCI card that works fine.
I have tried both kernel 1.2.13 and 1.3.56.

        Thomas

|>Does anyone know where I can find kernel drivers for a 3COM 3C590
|>PCI Ethernet card.  I am running the 1.2.13 kernel and the
|>Slackware 3.0 distribution.  Thanks in adavance for the help.

Yes - see the ethernet Howto. It tells you where to download the drivers for
the new 3COM cards. This was an alpha-test driver when I installed it about
4 weeks ago.

I couldn't get the driver to compile into the 1.2.13 kernel, but I compiled it
as a loadable module instead, and it works fine. I have it running two
3C590's on a web server under heavy load, and it performs well.

  _Dave_

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> Grerg Hartzog

Paul.

That's strange, I've been running this "alpha" driver since August
with no problems whatsoever (except for initially forgetting to use
the DOS utility to set it to use the TP transceiver after testing the
coax transceiver).  I've had no problems compiling it into both the
1.2.10 and 1.2.13 kernels.  Are you using the old or new (non-module)
version of the driver?  (I can't remember which I'm using, but it
patched fine as I recall.)  Having you tried the module version?  For
people looking for the driver, try

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

(or connect to the same place via ftp).

-Michael

Quote:> -Michael

Well, there should be two files needed; one is the driver source
itself (3c59x.c) which goes in linux/drivers/net (if I recall the path
right), and the other is the patch which tells "make config" to ask
about the driver.  The one detail that's easy to miss is that "make
config" won't ask about the 3c59x driver unless you answer "yes" when
it asks if you want to be presented with alpha test network drivers.

: really, i can't even specify that i want to include the new drivers,
: neither as a normal driver, nor as a module.  i'm going to look into

Well, if you use the driver as a module, you don't need to tell "make
config" about it.  You just compile the module directly (into an
object file) and then do the kernel config, specifying "yes" to
networking and such but don't tell it about the driver.  The kernel
won't know about it until you link the module at run time with insmod.

-Michael

        http://rsphy1.anu.edu.au/~gpg109/net.html

Paul.

  this page was infinitly better than the nasa site, especially since it
  had the patch itself on it!

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: > Does anyone know where I can find kernel drivers for a 3COM 3C590
: > PCI Ethernet card.  I am running the 1.2.13 kernel and the
: > Slackware 3.0 distribution.  Thanks in adavance for the help.

: Look at http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
: and let me know if it works for you.

: I have tried to install the modules, but my 3C590 PCI card
: is not detected at boot. I get the message:

: bios32_init: BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fa000
: bios32_init: entry in high memory, unable to access

: I guess this is a PCI problem?
: Have anybody had the same problem?
: Any help are appreciated.

: Well, I have a Compaq Prolinea 590, and a
: Diamond Stealth PCI card that works fine.
: I have tried both kernel 1.2.13 and 1.3.56.

:       Thomas

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I've been using a 3c590 for a few weeks now, with no problems.

I used the 1.3.45 patch, then brought the kernel up to 1.3.57
the usual way. No problems.

I compiled it straight in though, I haven't tried it as a module.
(I was installing Linux via NFS when I set it up, so needed the
driver in the kernel. It worked, so I didn't change it).

I'm sorry, I've no idea what motherboard I'm using :-)

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: : > Does anyone know where I can find kernel drivers for a 3COM 3C590
: : > PCI Ethernet card.  I am running the 1.2.13 kernel and the
: : > Slackware 3.0 distribution.  Thanks in adavance for the help.

: : Look at http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/vortex.html
: : and let me know if it works for you.

: : I have tried to install the modules, but my 3C590 PCI card
: : is not detected at boot. I get the message:

: : bios32_init: BIOS32 Service Directory structure at 0x000fa000
: : bios32_init: entry in high memory, unable to access

: : I guess this is a PCI problem?
: : Have anybody had the same problem?
: : Any help are appreciated.

: : Well, I have a Compaq Prolinea 590, and a
: : Diamond Stealth PCI card that works fine.
: : I have tried both kernel 1.2.13 and 1.3.56.

: :     Thomas

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Dear Mr. Waadeland

Have the same problem. Please forward me any suggestions you
should receive.

Thank you!

Paul.