Re: 3c5x9setup adapter failure on isa etherlink 3
On Sat, Mar 23, 2002 at 09:05:27AM -0900, Greg C. Madden wrote:
> On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 17:14, Jason M. Harvey wrote:
> > hello,
> >
> > i have an isa 3com etherlink III. i had another one before, on the same
> > PC... as long as i specifed irq7 in modconf it worked fine. this one
> > will not work. i ran the 3c5x9utils package, and it told me it was on
> > irq5. so, i changed everything i told it to use irq7 to irq5, and it
> > still fails. oh, by fails, i mean i do not get a link light when i plug
> > it into other know-working ethernet devices. so, i used 3c5x9utils to
> > tell it to use irq7 instead, but it still doesn't get a link light.
> > nothing else is on irq7 (/proc/interupts) or even 5 for that matter.
> > this 3com will not work on irq5 or irq7.
> >
> > when i ran 3c5x9setup, i got:
> >
> > Interrupt sources are pending.
> > Adapter Failure indication.
> > 3c5x9 found at 0x300.
> > Indication enable is 00fe, interrupt enable is 009c.
>
> The 3c5x9utils package (afaik) will only report the resources being
> used. Chances are good though if it doesn't report the irq, the card
> will not work or be worth the trouble. The 3c5x9cfg.exe utility can be
> found on google and it will set the resources and test the card eeprom.
> It is a must have utility if you use lots of 3c509 cards (or even one).
3COM is the best when it comes to drivers :)
Go to:
ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c509/ and you see all the stuff you need.
Or go to
ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/
for other nice 3COM nic stuff.
- Adam
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