nic-3c59x

[TreeBoy]

On Monday 07 Nov 2005 10:33, Vram wrote:
> HI
>
> I am running  Breezy  2.6.12-9-k7-smp
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>
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> My NIC card is 3c59x Vortex
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> The kernel will not load it...
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> Modules that try to load. are
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> 3c59x not used
>
> mii.  which is used by 3c59x...  <which is not used>
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> I can't do an insmod 3c59x..Complains.. No such device..
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> The problem is.. for some reason the card has no MAC address..
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> Earlier kernels just complained and I could change the MAC address and
> then bring the card up..
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>
> This kernel will not let me do that...
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> How do I get around this??
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>
> Thanks
>
> Vram

I have the same NIC in my Thinkpad T20 and I have to remember to turn off ACPI 
with some distros. It seems to be incompatible with all but APM on more 
recent kernels.

Cheers,