Re: 3com 3c90x install

[Tom Allard <m1tca00@frb.gov>]

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  (tallard@frb.gov)
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