also sprach Ross Burton <ross.burton@mail.com> [2002.01.18.1814 +0100]:
> 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.
definitely a good suggestion. but i wouldn't know *which* module
produced the match, would i? :)
for i in *; do strings $i | grep -q 3c905c && echo $i; done
i usually just try adding every module in turn.
however, joe: if this is an ISA card, you might need to boot to DOS and
disabled the plug-and-play mode with the setup utility that shipped with
the card.
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