Re: pcmcia problem (3Com 3c575)

[Andy Saxena <andyML@nyc.rr.com>]

On Wed, Sep 25, 2002 at 02:30:15PM -0400, Thomas R. Shemanske wrote:
> Try modprobe 3c59x
> 
> From the kernel source help line:
> 
> CONFIG_VORTEX:
> 
> This option enables driver support for a large number of 10mbps and
> 10/100mbps EISA, PCI and PCMCIA 3Com network cards:
> 
> "Vortex"    (Fast EtherLink 3c590/3c592/3c595/3c597) EISA and PCI
> "Boomerang" (EtherLink XL 3c900 or 3c905)            PCI
> "Cyclone"   (3c540/3c900/3c905/3c980/3c575/3c656)    PCI and Cardbus
> "Tornado"   (3c905)                                  PCI
> "Hurricane" (3c555/3cSOHO)                           PCI
> 
> If you have such a card, say Y and read the Ethernet-HOWTO,
> available from <http://www.tldp.org/docs.html#howto>. More
> specific information is in
> Documentation/networking/vortex.txt and in the comments at
> the beginning of drivers/net/3c59x.c.
> 
> If you want to compile this as a module ( = code which can be
> inserted in and removed from the running kernel whenever you want),
> say M here and read Documentation/modules.txt as well as
> Documentation/networking/net-modules.txt.
> 

I have the same ethernet card in my Dell laptop, and you don't need the
pcmcia package to make it work. The only other thing I can add to
Thomas's post is that you may require the hotplug package.

-Andy