Re: Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Server Adapter
Alan Olsen (alano@adams.pcx.ncd.com)
Sun, 7 Mar 1999 10:38:08 -0800
On Mar 7, 11:06am, Jim Niemira wrote:
> Subject: Re: Intel EtherExpress PRO/100 Server Adapter
>
> "Tom Sightler" spake, saying:
> >On Thu, 4 Mar 1999, Deepak Saxena wrote:
> > >But the card works under M$ Winblows with the standard EEPRO/100 driver,
so
> > I
> > >presume it should work with the standard Linux EEPRO100 driver.
> > >
> > >marek
> > This may sound nuts, and maybe I missed it earlier, but isn't it possible
> > that, if this card will operate with the standard EEPRO100 driver for
> > windows, that the only reason it doesn't work with the Linux driver is the
> > that it is failing to detect it during the PCI probing?
>
> I've had a eepro100 for about six months, and I notice that, aside from the
> fact that you cannot select it with 'make config' (I have to manually insert
> CONFIG_EEXPRESS_PRO100=m into .config), it appears to only work as a module.
That is odd as I have a system running quite well with that adapter compiled
directly compiled into the kernel which was selected with make config. I have
had NO problems with that adapter.
What version are you using?
--
Alan Olsen "Carpe Aptenodytes!"
alano@ncd.com
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