3Com 3c556B not working in Knoppix 3.4

dallas-nCRzM/a5Vg/[email protected]
Newsgroups gmane.linux.debian.knoppix
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Hi,

I posted this information on the forum without any response. 
The network card in my IBM Thinkpad A21m is a 3Com 556B mini PCI combo 
card (ethernet & modem). I have no interest in the modem side... (dumb 
winmodem) but the ethernet adapter worked OK in Knoppix 3.2 & 3.3. I 
checked the 3c59x.o driver's file size and it is the same in 3.3 and 3.4 
so I'm guessing that it hasn't changed. Something has however as it is 
detected differently. Here is the output of lspci -v from the laptop under 
3.3 and 3.4.
Does anyone have any idea what changed to cause this to fail?

Knoppix 3.3 initialises the card correctly (3Com Corporation 3c556B 
Hurricane CardBus) and I get an IP address from the dhcp server. However 
the card is not detected correctly in Knoppix 3.4 (3Com Corporation 3c556B 
CardBus [Tornado]). This results in a MAC address of FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF. 

Thanks in advance.
Dallas


From Knoppix 3.3.... 
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host bridge 
(rev 03) 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] 
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0 

00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP bridge 
(rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) 
Flags: bus master, 66Mhz, medium devsel, latency 128 
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff 
Memory behind bridge: f4200000-f5ffffff 

00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03) 
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0130 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11 
Memory at 50000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=04, sec-latency=176 
Memory window 0: 10000000-103ff000 (prefetchable) 
Memory window 1: 10400000-107ff000 
I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff 
I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff 
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 

00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03) 
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0130 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11 
Memory at 50100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=07, sec-latency=176 
Memory window 0: 10800000-10bff000 (prefetchable) 
Memory window 1: 10c00000-10fff000 
I/O window 0: 00004800-000048ff 
I/O window 1: 00004c00-00004cff 
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 

00:03.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c556B Hurricane CardBus 
(rev 20) 
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 6356 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 80, IRQ 11 
I/O ports at 1800 [size=256] 
Memory at f4101400 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] 
Memory at f4101000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] 
Expansion ROM at [disabled] [size=128K] 
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 

00:03.1 Communication controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k Winmodem 
(rev 20) 
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 6159 
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11 
I/O ports at 2000 [size=256] 
Memory at f4101c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] 
Memory at f4101800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] 
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 

00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 
[CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01) 
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0153 
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 
Memory at f4100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] 
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 

00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 

00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 
(prog-if 80 [Master]) 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=16] 

00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 
(prog-if 00 [UHCI]) 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 
I/O ports at 1c20 [size=32] 

00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03) 
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9 

01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility P/M 
AGP 2x (rev 64) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) 
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A20m 
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11 
Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] 
I/O ports at 3000 [size=256] 
Memory at f4200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 
Expansion ROM at [disabled] [size=128K] 
Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0 
Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 1 

From Knoppix 3.4... 

0000:00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX Host 
bridge (rev 03) 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 
Memory at f8000000 (32-bit, prefetchable) [size=64M] 
Capabilities: [a0] AGP version 1.0 

0000:00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440BX/ZX/DX - 82443BX/ZX/DX AGP 
bridge (rev 03) (prog-if 00 [Normal decode]) 
Flags: bus master, 66MHz, medium devsel, latency 128 
Bus: primary=00, secondary=01, subordinate=01, sec-latency=64 
I/O behind bridge: 00003000-00003fff 
Memory behind bridge: f4200000-f5ffffff 

0000:00:02.0 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03) 
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0130 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11 
Memory at 50000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 
Bus: primary=00, secondary=02, subordinate=04, sec-latency=176 
Memory window 0: 10400000-107ff000 (prefetchable) 
Memory window 1: 10800000-10bff000 
I/O window 0: 00004000-000040ff 
I/O window 1: 00004400-000044ff 
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 

0000:00:02.1 CardBus bridge: Texas Instruments PCI1450 (rev 03) 
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0130 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 168, IRQ 11 
Memory at 50100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 
Bus: primary=00, secondary=05, subordinate=07, sec-latency=176 
Memory window 0: 10c00000-10fff000 (prefetchable) 
Memory window 1: 11000000-113ff000 
I/O window 0: 00004800-000048ff 
I/O window 1: 00004c00-00004cff 
16-bit legacy interface ports at 0001 

0000:00:03.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c556B CardBus 
[Tornado] (rev 20) 
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 6356 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 
I/O ports at 1400 [size=256] 
[virtual] Memory at 10000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] 
[virtual] Memory at 10000080 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] 
Expansion ROM at [disabled] [size=128K] 
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 

0000:00:03.1 Communication controller: 3Com Corporation Mini PCI 56k 
Winmodem (rev 20) 
Subsystem: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 6159 
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 11 
I/O ports at 2000 [size=256] 
Memory at f4101c00 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=256] 
Memory at f4101800 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128] 
Capabilities: [50] Power Management version 2 

0000:00:05.0 Multimedia audio controller: Cirrus Logic CS 4614/22/24 
[CrystalClear SoundFusion Audio Accelerator] (rev 01) 
Subsystem: IBM: Unknown device 0153 
Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 
Memory at f4100000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 
Memory at f4000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=1M] 
Capabilities: [40] Power Management version 2 

0000:00:07.0 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 02) 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 0 

0000:00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01) 
(prog-if 80 [Master]) 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64 
I/O ports at 1c00 [size=16] 

0000:00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01) 
(prog-if 00 [UHCI]) 
Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 
I/O ports at 1c20 [size=32] 

0000:00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 03) 
Flags: medium devsel, IRQ 9 

0000:01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc Rage Mobility 
P/M AGP 2x (rev 64) (prog-if 00 [VGA]) 
Subsystem: IBM ThinkPad A20m 
Flags: bus master, stepping, medium devsel, latency 66, IRQ 11 
Memory at f5000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=16M] 
I/O ports at 3000 [size=256] 
Memory at f4200000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=4K] 
Expansion ROM at [disabled] [size=128K] 
Capabilities: [50] AGP version 1.0 
Capabilities: [5c] Power Management version 1
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