3c574 NIC support with recent 2.6 kernels.

[cga2000]

On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 05:04:48PM EST, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 02:00:31PM -0500, cga2000 wrote:
> > I have an old laptop with a 3Com nic/modem combo PC card that works
> > fine with 2.4 kernels.
> > 
> > $ cardctl ident
> > 
> > Socket 0:
> >   product info: "3Com", "Megahertz 3CCFEM556", "LAN + 56k Modem", ""
> >   manfid: 0x0101, 0x0556
> >   function: 0 (multifunction)
> 
> This looks like a 32-bit CardBus card, not a 16-bit PCMCIA card.
> $ grep -l 556 drivers/net/3c*
> drivers/net/3c59x.c

Why the "556" ..?

> Have you tried the 3c59x driver?

I'm pretty sure it's CardBus and 32-bit.  But then why would it be any
different with a 2.6 kernel..?  Works fine with 2.27 .. 

I did try the 3c59x driver when installing (.. trying to install..)
debian "etch" .. no joy either.

Thanks,

Chris.