Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:54:09 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:54:00 -0400 Received: from panic.ohr.gatech.edu ([130.207.47.194]:43732 "HELO havoc.gtf.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:53:43 -0400 Message-ID: <3AD9E021.3B38D309@mandrakesoft.com> Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2001 13:53:37 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik Organization: MandrakeSoft X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.77 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.4-pre3 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Francois Cami Cc: "Matthew W. Lowe" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.4.3 - Module problems? In-Reply-To: <3ADAC95A.6B35B8DE@home.com> <3AD9DDAF.5E76F797@supelec.fr> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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 -- Jeff Garzik | "Give a man a fish, and he eats for a day. Teach a Building 1024 | man to fish, and a US Navy submarine will make sure MandrakeSoft | he's never hungry again." -- Chris Neufeld - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/