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Re: 3c905c-txm driver problems



just use the driver already included in the kernel.  The driver you
want to build into the kernel/make as a module is 3c90x.

-casey

On Fri, 12 Jan 2001, benny k wrote:

> hey,
> 
> i'm having trouble getting the 3com driver (3c90x) to work with potato r2,
> i386. i downloaded the driver from:
> 
> http://support.3com.com/infodeli/tools/nic/linux/3c90x-1.0.0i.tar.gz 
> 
> i have a 3c905-txm card. what follows is what i did and how it failed.
> 
> './compile_UP'     <-- this a compile script they provide, it worked.
> 'insmod -f 3c90x.o media_select=7'    
> 
> response from last command:
> "Warning: kernel-module version mismatch
>           3c90x.o was compiled for kernel version 2.2.15
>           while this kernel is version 2.2.18pre21"
> 
> this didn't make sense to me because i just compiled it.
> 
> 'lsmod'
> 
> response:
> "              Used
> ...
> 3c90x	22580   0  (unused)
> ...
> 
> "
> 
> 'ifconfig -a'   <-- showed eth0
> 
> 'ifconfig eth0 x.x.x.x netmask x.x.x.x' 
> 
> response:
> "SIOCSIFFLAGS: No such device"
> 
> 
> obviously this is the part that i cant get past. any help would be
> great. perhaps i am missing a step in the loading of the driver??
> 
> b
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
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