Re: [TCLUG:18004] 3C905C-TX-M with Linux

[Tim Sandquist <tsandqui@yahoo.com>]

Be sure to get the latest code from
ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/3c59x.c
The newest driver for the vortex cards isn't in
the latest stable kernel. 

Tim

On Mon, 22 May 2000, Christopher Reid Palmer wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> You'd think this card would work with the usual Vortex/Boomerang driver,
> 3c59x.o, but nope. When I try to insert it with either insmod(8) or
> modprobe(8), I get the evil `Device or resource busy' error. I also tried
> compiling the driver into the kernel and not as a module. I have never had
> trouble with other 905s (non-`-M') using this driver (I'm using one right
> now). I've also tried inserting the module with many of the options
> described in /usr/src/linux/Documentation/networking/vortex.txt, all to no
> avail.
> 
> I think it's the `-M' in the name. Windows sees the card as an `EtherLink
> .... for Total PC Management ...' (or similar; I'm not in front of the
> system now). Does anyone know either a) what the error means or b) if the
> -M cards are known bad under Linux (seems unlikely)?
> 
> I have had success with pulling the card out and replacing it with an
> Intel EtherExpress Pro (eepro.o), so I think the kernel and the other
> hardware are all fine.
> 
> 
> Desperate,
> --
> Christopher Reid Palmer : innerfireworks.com
> 
> 
> 
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