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Date: Thu, 12 May 2005 17:48:20 +0200
From: Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com>
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Oops:
The right address of the patch is:
http://developer.momonga-linux.org/viewcvs/trunk/pkgs/kernel24/momonga-linux-2.4.20-3c90x.patch

I see now that it is designed for 3com driver version 1.0.0i. Does
that mean I cannot use it with version 1.0.2?

- Jouke

On 5/12/05, Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com> wrote:
> Can I use this patch:
> http://developer.momonga-linux.org/viewcvs/trunk/pkgs/kernel/momonga-linux-2.4.20-3c90x.patch?rev=3
> on the Debianized source 2.4.27 (rev 8)?
> 
> - Jouke
> 
> On 5/10/05, Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > In the readme file from the drivers in question is stated:
> > ---
> > > To load the 3C90x driver module on a Kernel 2.4 (or above) system,
> > > place an "alias" in the file named /etc/modules.conf.
> > > For older systems, the file name may be conf.modules.
> > ---
> > This is the only time the 2.4 branch gets metioned.
> > From this I can conclude that the driver does support the 2.4 branch
> > but it is not build for this specific linux kernel.
> > How to compile it into the kernel is not described however.
> >
> > In an older version of the driver
> > (http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linux/3c90x-1.0.0i.tar.gz)
> > a patch for the 2.2 series kernel source is included.
> > How should I patch the 2.4.27 kernel source to include the 3c90x?
> >
> >
> > On 5/10/05, kylin <fierykylin@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > is third party soft writen for the specific linux kernnel ?
> > >
> > > On 5/9/05, Jouke Witteveen <j.witteveen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hello,
> > > >
> > > > I'm about to compile my new 2.4.27 (Debian Sarge) kernel. There is
> > > > only one hurdle left to take.
> > > > For my 3C905C-TX-M I wan't to use the latest vendor driver since I
> > > > heard the famous 3c59x is not optimal for that card. The driver of
> > > > choice is: http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linux/3c90x-102.tar.gz.
> > > > How do I compile this source (3c90x.c and 3c90x.h) directly into the
> > > > kernel (not as a module)? And how as a module inside a
> > > > my-kernel_modules.deb like ALSA
> > > > get's compiled?
> > > >
> > > > Kind regards,
> > > > Jouke
> > > > -
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