> A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far way, someone said... > > > i've been using stock kernel 2.2.17 that came with potato. it > > recognized my 3com nic (as 3com 3c905c) and works wonderfully. > > > > i would like to ungrade to kernel 2.4.0 (now that it's stable). > > after rebooting a custom 2.4.0, i can't seem to get the nic > recognized > > by the kernel. in the recompile, i specified 3com (and the 900 > > series). > > > > does anyone know how i can get the 3com nic (that 2.2.17 sees as > > 3c905c) to be recognized by 2.4.0? > > 2.4.0 has known problems with 3com PCI ethernet cards. I > think there are > patches available, but I don't know where. > > The 3c59x driver in 2.4.0-test11 works great through - maybe you could > drop that in and see what you get. > > Beyond that your options are: > * stick with 2.2.x > * wait for 2.4.1 >
I've had no problems with the 2.4 series and my 3com cards (3c900 and 3c509b). Perhaps you have an IRQ or IO conflict. Jason
