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Date: Sat, 03 Nov 2001 20:10:08 -0800
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To: Chris Meadors <clubneon@hereintown.net>
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Subject: Re: 3c556 basicly not working.
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Chris Meadors wrote:
> 
> I think I posted a message earily to l-k, but I was really distraced at
> the time, and haven't seen it show up yet, so I probally got something
> wrong.
> 
> Anyway, for a little more information:  I have a 3Com mini-PCI card in my
> laptop.  It is based on the 3c556 chip.  I'm using the 3c59x driver from
> 2.4.13-ac5.
> 
> Both compiled into the kernel or as a module I'm having no luck.  The
> driver seems to load without complaints.  But reports the MAC address as
> all Fs.  Actually most information I've seen returned from the card is all
> Fs.
> 

I've never seen a satisfactory explanation for this one.  Usually
it's fixed by altering the `PnP OS' setting in the BIOS.
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