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Date: 6 Dec 1996 00:25:43 -0500
From: Donald Becker <becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: 3C905 & 2.0.2x: Transmitter access conflict.
In article <57k8lq$4sn@nuacht.iol.ie>, Ronan Mullally <ronan@iol.ie> wrote:
>Paul T Danset (pdanset@u.washington.edu) writes:
>> We are experiencing intermittent problems with a 3Com 3C905 card
>> on a PPro linux box running 2.0.26 (same problem happened with
>> earlier 2.0.2x kernels). (We're using Donald Becker's 3c59x.c
>> driver, v0.28c-all 9/22/96, same problem happened on an earlier
>> version).
...
>> Nov 27 11:58:55 uni kernel: eth0: Transmitter access conflict.
This problem should be fixed in driver versions >= 0.29
cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov:/pub/linux/drivers/3c59x.c
This driver supports both the 3c59x "Vortex" series and the 3c90*
"Boomerang" series cards.
The next driver update will also support the 3c515 "Corkscrew" ISA cards.
-- Donald Becker becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov USRA-CESDIS, Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences. Code 930.5, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. 20771 301-286-0882 http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/people/becker/whoiam.html