Re: 2.4.3 - Module problems?

[Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@mandrakesoft.com>]

Francois Cami wrote:
> 
> hi Matthew and everyone
> 
> I use a 3COM Etherlink III ISA and a 3C905C PCI in my firewall
> box (i440BX mobo). (distro is slackware 7.1, kernels are either
> 2.2.19 or 2.4.3, modutils 2.3.1 (slackware 7.1 default) ).
> 
> The 3C905C was never a problem (and i guess your R8029 isn't either),
> however to make the 3C509 ISA work, I had to disable PnP in the
> card's firmware, with 3COM tools : see
> 
> http://www.3com.com/products/html/prodlist.html?family=570&cat=20&pathtype=download&tab=cat&selcat=Network%20Interface%20Cards%20%26%20Adapters
> 
> to download the DOS tools to configure your card without PnP, i.e.
> manually
> assigning an IRQ and address to it.
> 
> You'll have to declare to your BIOS that this particular IRQ is taken
> by a non-PNP ISA card too.

You can also use the Linux program
ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/diag/3c5x9setup.c

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