Re: eth0

[Adam Majer <adamm@galacticasoftware.com>]

On Fri, Jan 18, 2002 at 07:56:20PM +0100, martin f krafft wrote:
> 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.


Just go to:

ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/

3Com is good to keep even the earliest drivers and config thingies. :)
You can even get stuff for the 3c501 cards!! That's all the way back
to 8-bit ISA..