Re: eth0

[Ross Burton <ross.burton@mail.com>]

On Fri, 2002-01-18 at 17:04, Gary Hennigan wrote:

> 04:0b.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink] (rev 78)
> 
> The 3c905C-TX is the important bit. Given that I can find out the
> driver I need. In my case it's the 3c59x module, which I load via the
> command "modprobe 3c59x".

A useful trick is to go into the network modules directory (e.g.
/lib/modules/2.4.17/drivers/net I think) and running:

$ strings * | grep 3c905c

That will list all files containing the string "3c905c", which will in
most cases only be the single module which supports the hardware.

Ross
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