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Message from Steven
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Asahel wrote:
>
> NICs here are physical pci 3c905 cards on some machines, 
> and motherboard ethernet chipsets reported as 3c905 on 
> others.
> 
> Using /fd/3c509.o
> insmod: init_module: 3c509: Device or resource busy
> 
> Using /fd/3c59x.o
> insmod: unresolved symbol pci_set_power_state
> insmod: unresolved symbol pci_register_driver
> insmod: unresolved symbol __release_region
> insmod: unresolved symbol pci_free_consistent
> insmod: unresolved symbol pci_enable_device
> insmod: unresolved symbol alloc_etherdev
> insmod: unresolved symbol cpu_raise_softirq
> insmod: unresolved symbol pci_restore_state
> insmod: unresolved symbol __out_of_line_bug
> insmod: unresolved symbol pci_alloc_consistent
> insmod: unresolved symbol zone_table
> insmod: unresolved symbol pci_unregister_driver
> insmod: unresolved symbol pci_enable_wake
> insmod: unresolved symbol softnet_data
> insmod: unresolved symbol __request_region
> insmod: unresolved symbol irq_stat
> insmod: unresolved symbol pci_save_state
> insmod: unresolved symbol ioport_resource
> insmod: unresolved symbol do_softirq

That's a lot of unresolved symbols.  Usually an
unresolved symbol arises because of a missing
helper module, but AFAIK 3c59x does not require
any helper modules.  

The large number of unresolved symbols makes me 
think that something fundamental is missing.  
Something like a PCI malfunction (those are all 
PCI machines aren't they?).  Or braindead hardware
(like a Win modem) that relies on Windows to do
a share of the processing.

It might be worthwhile to check the modifiable
BIOS settings to see if something is turned off
(or something unusual is turn on).  BasicLinux
is pretty simple-minded and can be tripped up
by an unusual setting.

Another possibility is that the 3c59x module
is faulty.  It was compiled by me, so it is
possible that I made a mistake.  I have no 3com 
NICS, so I have never used that module myself 
(but I have used three other network modules 
from the same batch that all worked fine).

Can Sindi (or anyone else) confirm that the 
BL3 (2.2.26) 3c59x module actually works? 

I hope we can resolve this issue for you.

Cheers,
Steven