Digger Maus
Checking "dmesg" tells me that the driver "3c59x.c" from Donald Becker is of version v0.99Q from 5/16/2000.
After downloading the source RPM from Donald's web site, and checking the source code of the latest drivers, I found that it is v0.99V from 1/28/2002. This is more than 18 months and 5 versions (assuming he counted in single steps from 'Q' to 'V') awa!!.
Why is SuSE using such outdated drivers to compile their kernel??? Is there a reason or did SuSE simply forget to check? SuSE 7.3 is out less than a year!
Donald Becker is known for not submitting his latest drivers to the official linux kernels. I know he was criticized for it but he has an explanation which can be found somewhere. In your case, I guess, SuSE used the driver contained in the "official" linux kernel.
Could someone with SuSE8 and a 3Com network card and the same driver please check his 'dmesg' if they at least used the latest drivers there.
The 3c59x.c in linux-2.4.18.SuSE is: #define DRV_NAME "3c59x" #define DRV_VERSION "LK1.1.16" #define DRV_RELDATE "19 July 2001" -- Alexandr.Malusek@imv.liu.se