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38 .Nd Ethernet driver for 3Com Etherlink III (3c5x9)
44 device driver supports the 3c509 (ISA), 3c529 (MCA), 3c579 (EISA),
45 and various PCMCIA cards including the 3c589.
46 Various models of these cards come with a different assortment of
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50 Standard 15 pin connector, also known as 10base5 (thick-net)
52 BNC, also known as thin-net
54 UTP, also known as twisted pair
57 The default port to use is the port that has been selected with the
59 To override this, use the following media options with
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73 If there are multiple cards in the computer, they are searched for
74 in the following order: bus, slot, then ethernet address.
76 The 3c509 card has no jumpers to set the address.
77 3Com supplies software to set the address of the card in software.
78 To find the card on the ISA bus, the kernel performs a complex
79 scan operation at IO address 0x110.
81 Avoid placing other cards at that address!
85 be configured in EISA mode
86 when installed in a computer that has actual EISA slots
87 (and an EISA-aware BIOS).
88 The normal driver auto-detection support
89 is sufficient for non-EISA systems.
92 .It ep0: reset (status: %x)
93 The driver has encountered a FIFO underrun or overrun.
94 The driver will reset the card and the packet will be lost.
96 .It ep0: eeprom failed to come ready
97 The eeprom failed to come ready.
98 This probably means the card is wedged.
99 .It ep0: 3c509 in test mode. Erase pencil mark!
100 This means that someone has scribbled with pencil
101 in the test area on the card.
102 Erase the pencil mark and reboot.
103 (This is not a joke).
117 There's so many to choose from.