Bug 111127

Summary: No kernel module for 3com 3C940 NIC
Product: [Fedora] Fedora Reporter: Matt Whiteley <mattwhiteley>
Component: hwdataAssignee: Bill Nottingham <notting>
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE QA Contact: Brian Brock <bbrock>
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Version: 1CC: 64bit_fedora, eon, notting, rvokal
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Hardware: i686   
OS: Linux   
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Patch adds sk98lin to pcitable for proper 3Com 940 detection none

Description Matt Whiteley 2003-11-27 19:27:35 UTC 
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Description of problem:
The network card (3com 3C940) on the Asus P4P800 Deluxe (and others)
is not recognized during install.

The driver source code is available from the asus website at:
http://www.asus.com/pub/ASUS/lan/3com/3c940/046_Linux.zip

The driver compiles under Fedora Core 1.  

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):
kernel-smp-2.4.22-1.2115.nptl.i686.rpm

How reproducible:
Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1.Run Fedora Core Installer
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Actual Results:  NIC not recognized, no networking.

Expected Results:  NIC recognized, networking enabled.

Additional info:

All files in the driver release are licensed under the GPL.

If a module was included in the kernel, it would upgrade with the
kernel each time, and not have to be rebuilt locally.
Comment 1 Justin M. Forbes 2004-01-20 04:41:22 UTC 
Module should be included in the kernel, modprobe sk98lin.  Need to
update so that the onboard 940s are properly recognized.
Comment 2 Bill Nottingham 2004-01-28 19:21:42 UTC 
*** Bug 112880 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
Comment 3 Justin M. Forbes 2004-02-21 06:32:53 UTC 
Created attachment 97899 [details]
Patch adds sk98lin to pcitable for proper 3Com 940 detection
Comment 4 Dave Jones 2004-06-19 14:41:24 UTC 
this should have been fixed ages ago. Bill ?
Comment 5 Justin M. Forbes 2004-06-21 15:59:02 UTC 
This is fixed in the current shipping FC2 hwdata

cat /usr/share/hwdata/pcitable | grep sk98lin
0x10b7  0x1700  "sk98lin"       "3Com Corporation|3c940
10/100/1000Base-T [Marvell]"
Comment 6 Bill Nottingham 2004-06-28 20:34:42 UTC 
Was fixed in an update too.