I have both a 3C905B-FX (fiber NIC) and a 3c59x-series card in my
machine.
I grabbed 3Com's driver from
http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linuxdownload.htm
and just patched my kernel source tree:
patch -d /usr/src/kernel-source-2.2.18 -p0 < 3c90x-1.0.0/patch-2.2.5
I then did "make xconfig" and selected "Network device support/Ethernet
(10 or 100Mbit)" and selected "3c90x ... support" as a module. Then
compiled/installed as usual.
When I first rebooted, the old 3c59x module loaded and detected both
NICs. The Fiber NIC worked, although it got a few errors from time to
time (every 2 hours it complained about "too much work at interrupt). I
hadn't realized that the 3c90x driver was never loaded! I had the 3c59x
listed in /etc/modules so I removed it and added "3c90x". I also added
to /etc/modutils/aliases:
alias eth0 3c90x
alias eth1 3c59x
Then I rebooted. The 3c90x driver loads and detects the Fiber NIC
(eth0) and then the 3c59x loads and detects the Copper NIC.
rgds-- TA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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