On 9/14/05, Ferry van Aesch <tmp123@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi, > > Gents, I'm using 2.6.13-1 (same results with 2.4.27 though). I have a PIII 550Mhz with 4 3Com NICs: > Bus 0, device 12, function 0: > Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 120). > IRQ 5. > Master Capable. Latency=80. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=10. > I/O at 0xe400 [0xe47f]. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfedffc00 [0xfedffc7f]. > Bus 0, device 14, function 0: > Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (#2) (rev 120). > IRQ 10. > Master Capable. Latency=80. Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=10. > I/O at 0xf400 [0xf47f]. > Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfedff800 [0xfedff87f]. > Bus 0, device 16, function 0: > Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang] (rev 0). > IRQ 9. > Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=8. > I/O at 0xe800 [0xe83f]. > Bus 0, device 18, function 0: > Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang] (#2) (rev 0). > IRQ 11. > Master Capable. Latency=64. Min Gnt=3.Max Lat=8. > I/O at 0xe000 [0xe03f]. > I see two 3c905Cs and two 3C905s. Two different chipsets. I don't like that much, but it's a personal preference. Regardless of your success in the past with 3com NICs, I would suggest using something... ANYTHING... else. 3C90x's have been the bane of my existence ever since they came out in the late 90s. If there is an S3 video chipset on that motherboard, it's a lost cause.
