3Com 10/100 Ethernet Mini-PCI Adapter with 56K Modem

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3Com 10/100 Ethernet Mini-PCI Adapter with 56K Modem

This is a Mini-PCI combination Ethernet and Modem Adapter that is installed in a Mini-PCI slot. ggg

Ethernet Features

  • Chipset: 3Com 3c556b
  • PCI ID: 10b7:6056 or 10b7:6055
  • Speeds: Full-duplex 10/100

Modem Features

  • Chipset: 3Com or Lucent
  • PCI ID: 10b7:1007 (for 3Com)
  • Speeds: 56 Kbps with V.90

IBM Partnumbers

IBM Option PN: 09N9774
IBM FRU PN: 22P6444, 06P3829, 00N8117, 22P6753, 22P7594

Also known (in IBM literature) as....

  • 10/100 EtherJet Mini-PCI Adapter with 56K Modem (3Com)
  • 10/100 EtherJet Mini-PCI Adapter with 56K Modem by 3Com
  • 3Com Ethernet/Modem Mini PCI combo card
  • Mini PCI combo card (3Com)

Firmware

A 'Boot Agent' (PXE boot) firmware update for this adapter is available from IBM. The updated version is 4.32 and is available here.

Linux Ethernet driver

This card will work with the standard '3c59x' Linux driver as part of any recent 2.4 or 2.6 kernel
This card doesn't work "out of the box" with 2.6 kernels before 2.6.14-rc1 when using ACPI. See the problem page for detailed information.

Linux Modem driver

Bugs/Caveats

  • The 3Com driver does not support power management. See Andrew Morton's e-mail to the LKML on the subject. As a workaround, remove the 3c59x module before suspending the machine. However, the kernel documentation (vortex.txt) refers to the "enable_wol" parameter enabling Wake-on-LAN and "power management support", unsure if this is relevant
FIXME
This information is out of date and incomplete

External Links

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