Here is the help from make config:
"If your card is not working you may need to use the DOS
setup disk to disable Plug & Play mode, and to select the default
media type."
This is from the EtherLink III (3c509) support (kernel 2.4.20).
You should do that for your 509 card and use the kernel compiled with
support for that cards that you want to use.
I suppose that you did not forget about the "append ether=0,0,eth1"
The firs "0" is for autoIRQ and the second "0" is for specifying that all
I/O addresses are to be probed. It is better to let the kernel to
auto-probe (aka 0,0,eth1) for the card that you have. If you still have
problems, you should pass the correct parameters (addr, IRQ) to
the kernel directly.
I hope that this will help you.
Have a nice day from ROMANIA !
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On Mon, 3 Nov 2003, [ISO-8859-1] Matías López Bergero wrote:
> Miguel González Castaños wrote:
> > I am having problems to configure the parameters in the monolithic
> > kernel for using the two NICs in the /etc/lilo.conf because the system
> > detects the 3c509 card, but not the 3c515. What is funny is that If I
> > boot using modules, it uses isapnp, I cant make them work either, but if
> > I reboot to the monolithic kernel then It suddenly appears to detect the
> > 3c515. If I shutdown and boot again the monolithic kernel, says that no
> > 3c515 card found...I´m stumped.
>
> Hello,
> I have the same problem in a 386SX with linux 2.4.20 with two Etherlink
> III cards.
> I send a mail to the maintainer of the card's driver and hi told me that
> is a kernel problem, not the driver. Something with the bootup time... I
> really not remember now.
> Wen I Compile the kernel with the drivers has modules it works just
> fine. But inside the kernel only works one card or none one.
>
> Later happened again in a linux 2.4.22 on a PIII machine.
> This time with a 3Com 3C905C Fast Etherlink card and one EEPRO100 i believe.
> Same problem. the 3Com driver doesn't work compiled in the kernel with
> other card on the box. If the card is alone it works. but with other one no.
>
> Make modules && make modules_install was the solution for me.
> If u find something more about this issue please let my know.
>
> Best Regards!
> Matías.
>
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