3Com 3c2000 NIC support

[yavorsky gaetan]

What do you have as problem loading the 3c2000.o into your kernel ?
I hope that you correctly have built the driver ?
( edit top Makefile of linux src to match you kernel, set the correct C 
compiler i.e gcc32, make a build of the 3c2000 driver, and then make 
install )
if so you should find 3c2000.o in your /lib/modules/xxx  ( for me : 
/lib/modules/2.4.22-1.2115.nptlsmp/kernel/drivers/net/3c2000.o )
If so try to load the module by hand : /sbin/insmod 3c2000
Then have a look in your /var/log/messages file. You should see your NIC 
here.
After this, you should be able to run the netconfig utility to configure 
your card.
after configuration you should see a line like :
alias eth0 3c2000
in the /etc/modules.conf file.
Let me know if it's working.
Gaetan


Dave a écrit :

>----- Original Message ----- 
>From: "yavorsky gaetan" <gaetan.yavorsky at easy-france.com>
>To: "For users of Fedora Core releases" <fedora-list at redhat.com>
>Sent: Thursday, April 29, 2004 2:48 AM
>Subject: Re: 3Com 3c2000 NIC support
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>>Hi,
>>I have an Asus P4P800 this the same NIC ( 3C940 ).
>>Prior to kernel 2.4.22-1.2188, I had to download the 3C2000 driver and
>>install it.
>>Now ( with this kernel ) the NIC if fully recognized, and the used
>>driver is sk98lin.
>>Hope this help.
>>Gaetan.
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>Gaetan:
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>Problem is getting connected to get the updates.  Could you give me some
>more information on how to get this driver up and running in the base
>install with kernel 2.4.22-1.2115?  I seem to be missing something in the
>installation process.
>Dave
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>>From: "gforte" <gforte at leopard.us.udel.edu>
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>>>The first thing I'd try is 'lspci' to verify that the system even
>>>knows that
>>>the hardware is there.  You should see SOMETHING corresponding to that
>>>iface
>>>(although it may be cryptic, like "unknown device").  If you don't see
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>>>then chances are it's disabled in your BIOS.  If you're not sure,
>>>paste your
>>>lspci output into your reply.
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>>>-g
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>The output of lspci
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>00:00.0 Host bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3188 (rev 01)
>00:01.0 PCI bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device b188
>00:07.0 FireWire (IEEE 1394): VIA Technologies, Inc. IEEE 1394 Host
>Controller (rev 80)
>00:0a.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c940 1000Base? (rev 12)
>00:0c.0 Multimedia video controller: Conexant: Unknown device 8800 (rev 05)
>00:0c.1 Multimedia controller: Conexant: Unknown device 8801 (rev 05)
>00:0f.0 RAID bus controller: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3149
>(rev 80)
>00:0f.1 IDE interface: VIA Technologies, Inc.
>VT82C586A/B/VT82C686/A/B/VT8233/A/C/VT8235 PIPC Bus Master IDE (rev 06)
>00:10.0 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81)
>00:10.1 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81)
>00:10.2 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81)
>00:10.3 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB (rev 81)
>00:10.4 USB Controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. USB 2.0 (rev 86)
>00:11.0 ISA bridge: VIA Technologies, Inc.: Unknown device 3227
>00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233/A/8235
>AC97 Audio Controller (rev 60)
>00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
>00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
>00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
>00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 NorthBridge
>01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Radeon RV280 [Radeon
>9200] (rev 01)
>01:00.1 Display controller: ATI Technologies Inc: Unknown device 5941 (rev
>01)
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>So Linux sees the onboard NIC (line 4) just no driver?
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>>>Dave wrote:
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>>>>(Sorry if this is a duplicate post, the original seemed to have gone
>>>>missing on me)
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>Post to list seems to have been delayed 9 hrs by ISP or something??
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>>>>On my Asus K8V motherboard is a 3-Com 3c2000 NIC.  I have downloaded
>>>>and compiled the Driver (as far as I can tell, new to this distro)
>>>>but I am having problems getting it to load with the kernel and
>>>>trying to configure it. The log file messages had some text relating
>>>>to the startup of the driver but I cannot access the internet etc.
>>>>
>>>>I followed the instructions to extract the tar, "make load" then
>>>>"ifconfig eth0 up", but when I go to the network configuration
>>>>utilities in FC1 I can't find the card or driver.  Nor can I figure
>>>>out how to load it on boot.  The instructions talk about using
>>>>"/etc/modules.conf file" or insmod .  Also as I cannot select the NIC
>>>>I cannot tell if it is set to use DHCP.
>>>>  << DELETED >>>
>>>>I use an old computer with Smoothwall on it which provides the DHCP.
>>>>
>>>>Anyone have some suggestions as to how to I can ge the network
>>>>running on FC1, or if their is support for this card in FC3?  I saw
>>>>reference in another list to users using a different driver but the
>>>>proper one would be nice.
>>>>
>>>>Thanks
>>>>  Dave
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