fredex wrote: > On Mon, Aug 28, 2006 at 11:20:38AM -0500, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: >>> >> What version of the Etherlink III card do you have? If it is an ISA >> card, chances are it will not be detected automatically. If it is a >> PCI card, it should show up with lspci. > > Yeah, I've been bitten by that too. I've had to swap out a pile of > perfectly good 3com 3c509b-tpo cards simply because the driver for it is > no longer built in modern distributions' kernels. > Yes, with most modern systems hot having ISA slots, support for ISA cards is dieing. Then again, even if the card is supported, you do need to know the i/o port and IRQ it is configured for. Or if it is a P & P card, you have to install the ISA P & P tools. On the other hand, it looks like the 3c509 driver is still in the source tree, so it may be a matter of building your own kernel if you want to use the cards. (I have not looked to see if it is included in the stock kernels.) Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!
