Re: >= 2.0.31 3com509 problems

Dmitri Alexeev (dalexee@mailhost.tcs.tulane.edu)
Thu, 20 Nov 1997 01:00:16 -0600

Yes, I use it as module. More precisely, config says
"y" to 3com cards and "m" for 3c509. I suppose there shouldn't be
a problem if I compile it in, but I just started to like dynamic
loading.

Regards,

Jon Lewis wrote:
>
> On Wed, 19 Nov 1997, Dmitri Alexeev wrote:
>
> > I can't help wondering what changed in the kernel so much that my 3com509
> > ethernet is no longer initialized properly. 2.0.30 works just fine.
> > But since 2.0.31 (with the same and also different configs)
> > they complain something like "IO symbol not found" or "not loaded".
>
> Are you using 3c509 as a module or compiled into the kernel? I have
> 2.0.32 working on systems with 509's with the driver compiled into the
> kernel, using 2.0.x up to / including 32.
>
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