upgrade your kernel first, support for your pci-x bridge and 3Com chipset is then more likely. Also make sure it's not disabled in the bios for some reason. If those conditions are satified, then it'll be a module or driver issue most likely. Chris W.
OnNovember 19, 2007 04:57:54 pm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello, > > Have a 3com 3c996b-t PCI-X that won't come up for me. > (broadcom chip on nic) > Running amd64 etch with kernel 2.6.18-5 stock kernel. > > Here's the output from lshw: > > [snip] > > *-pci:1 > description: PCI bridge > product: 6311ESB/6321ESB PCI Express to PCI-X Bridge > vendor: Intel Corporation > physical id: 0.3 > bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:00.3 > version: 01 > width: 32 bits > clock: 33MHz > capabilities: pci normal_decode bus_master cap_list > *-network DISABLED > description: Ethernet interface > product: NetXtreme BCM5701 Gigabit Ethernet > vendor: Broadcom Corporation > physical id: 2 > bus info: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:02.0 > logical name: eth4 > version: 15 > serial: 00:0a:5e:50:44:f5 > capacity: 1GB/s > width: 64 bits > clock: 66MHz > capabilities: bus_master cap_list ethernet > physical mii 10bt 10bt-fd 100bt 100bt-fd 1000bt 1000bt-fd > autonegotiation > configuration: autonegotiation=on broadcast=yes > driver=tg3 driverversion=3.65 duplex=half latency=64 > link=no mingnt=64 multicast=yes port=twisted pair > resources: iomemory:b8900000-b890ffff irq:82 > > > > ifconfig only shows eth1, eth2, and eth3. (Total of 4 nics) > Just eth0 is missing. (my old eth0 was a dlink) > Any help to get this 3com activated would be great! > lshw shows that its disabled, but have no idea how to re-activate it. > > Thanks! > Mike -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
