[3271] in SIPB_Linux_Development
Re: Netword card problems
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Derek Atkins)
Sat Jan 6 10:47:01 2001
To: Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU>
Cc: sly@MIT.EDU, linux-dev@MIT.EDU
From: Derek Atkins <warlord@MIT.EDU>
Date: 06 Jan 2001 10:46:57 -0500
In-Reply-To: Garry Zacheiss's message of "Sat, 06 Jan 2001 10:40:07 -0500"
Message-Id: <sjmu27cptse.fsf@rcn.ihtfp.org>
Is there any way we can determine the actual PCI ID of the cards on
these machines? We need that information in order to allow the
"autodetection" to work properly (at least, I _think_ that's how kudzu
works).
-derek
Garry Zacheiss <zacheiss@MIT.EDU> writes:
> [ user dropped from the cc: ]
>
> I'm not sure "recommend" is really the right word; the Dell GX110s we
> purchase have a card that identifes itself as a "3Com 3c905C Tornado"
> integrated on the motherboard. I'm perfectly willing to believe the
> motherboard-integrated species of 3c905c is different in some crucial
> way from the kind you plug into a PCI slot.
>
> Garry
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