Re: Nic


Subject: Re: Nic
From: Myles Vredenburg (myles@nycap.rr.com)
Date: Sat Aug 26 2000 - 16:22:23 MDT


David Powers wrote:
>
> Myles Vredenburg wrote:
> >
> > David Powers wrote:
> > >
> > > Try as I might, I am not able to get a 3COM based network card to
> > > function in my PPC 6400. I am now looking into a card that is made by
> > > Farallon. Can anyone comment that they have had any luck with 3COM or
> > > Farallon based cards?
> > >
> > > --
> > > David Powers
> > > wizlord@swbell.net
> > > ICQ# 1363575
> >
> > I'm using a 3Com 3C900B in my 7600. These cards have been supported
> > since at least 2.1.24 AFAIK. You'll need to build a kernel with support
> > for these.
> >
> > -Myles
>
> Hmm, I have built the module for the 905 I've got, but when I try to
> load the module with modprobe, I just get a resource busy. And looking
> at /proc/pci the card is there and assigned to IRQ 23. Being more
> familiar with PC's, I'm not sure what the problem might be.
>
> --
> David Powers
> wizlord@swbell.net
> ICQ# 1363575

Try including support in the kernel image instead of building a module.
Also, try moving the card to a different slot.

-Myles



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