3c574 NIC support with recent 2.6 kernels.

[Matthew Wilcox]

On Sun, Feb 04, 2007 at 05:55:33PM -0500, cga2000 wrote:
> 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:
> > > $ 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" ..?

Two reasons, one is the product info: 3CCFEM556
and the other is the manfid: 0x0556

> > 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 .. 

Possibly there's a PCI ID missing from the 3c59x driver.  What does
lspci tell you about the card?  Do you have yenta_socket loaded so you
can see the card in the slot?