On Wed, 18 Apr 2001, Mariano Korman wrote: > I'm using 3Com 3C905B cards on my linux box. I currently use the > classical "Vortex" drivers, which support 3C900 and 3C905. I have built > them into the kernel > > can anybody help me to set the media type and full-duplex options > (remember, it's a built-in driver, not a module)? You could try using Donald Becker's diagnostic and configuration utilities found on http://www.scyld.com/diag/ They're not part of the drivers, but interact with the card from userland. > BTW, the 3Com webpage recommends me to use a driver that's posted in > their page. This means patching and rebuilding the kernel, which want to > avoid if possible (I've already have a patched kernel and wouldn't like > to touch a thing). Are there any good reasons why I should do so? for > the moment, I am using the Vortex driver fine. Which kernel version? 2.2? 2.4? The 'vortex' drivers have been working flawlessly for me for the last three years or so since I've had 3c905 anything in my machines. The only problem with them that I know of is that the 2.2 drivers don't correctly work with the 3c905CX (not the 3c905C!) but the 2.4 drivers have fixed this problem. 'james -- James A. Crippen <james@unlambda.com> ,-./-. Anchorage, Alaska, Lambda Unlimited: Recursion 'R' Us | |/ | USA, 61.2069 N, 149.766 W, Y = \f.(\x.f(xx)) (\x.f(xx)) | |\ | Earth, Sol System, Y(F) = F(Y(F)) \_,-_/ Milky Way. - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
