[Cobra@compuserve.com: Re: [Fwd: Re: [PLUG] potato to woody question]]

[Jeff Abrahamson <jeff@purple.com>]

I really appreciate all the hardware help from the list. Sometimes
(like this) knowing bits of background stuff is the difference between
a successful search and a totally unsuccessful one.

-Jeff

----- Forwarded message from Kevin Brosius <Cobra@compuserve.com> -----

Date: Mon, 23 Jul 2001 19:53:17 -0500
From: Kevin Brosius <Cobra@compuserve.com>
Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: [PLUG] potato to woody question]
To: Jeff@purple.com
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.76 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.2-4GB i586)

> 
> > > A third is 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 9909 (rev. 02). Not enough
> > > information to find much on google, it seems.
> >
> > Try going into the kernel source directory, doing a 'make menuconfig',
> > and looking at the options for various cards to see if yours is there.
> > It would be helpful if you posted the model name of your card.
> 
> It would be helpful if I could figure it out. The card does not
> identify itself, neither visually nor via lspci. I don't have a box
> for it or anything useful like that.
> 


Found the link: http://www.yourvote.com/pci

The 3com vendor id you want is 0x10B7,

Device ID:
   0x9909
               Chip Number: 3CR990SVR97
               Description: EtherLink 10/100 Server PCI with 3XP

I'm not on the PLUG list from this address, so if you'd like feel free
to post this back to the list.

-- 
Kevin

----- End forwarded message -----

-- 
 Jeff

 Jeff Abrahamson  <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>



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