Here you will find information on the 3Com Mini PCI adapters on Linux, including information on device drivers.
2002.07.13:
Recently, the link on some 3c556B adapters does not work unless the computer is booted on Windows and then on Linux. Apparently this happens only on some versions of this chip. Donald Becker's driver (which is not the driver in the Linux kernel) has a correction for this problem. This correction should be incorporated later in the driver in the Linux kernel.
2001.07.28:
Page format overhaul: put emphasis on troubleshooting instead of on distributing the device drivers. No updates on the drivers.
The following 3Com Mini PCI devices exist. The 3c555 (PCI Device id=5055) is found in the:
The 3c556 (PCI Device id=6055) is found in the:
The 3c556B (PCI Device id=6056) is found in the:
The 3c556 and 3c556B Mini PCI adapters are combo adapters that include a modem. There is also a modem-only Mini PCI adapter (model 3CN3BM1556B). The PCI Device ID of all these modems is 1007. The modem-only adapter is found in the:
If your laptop has a 3Com internal Ethernet/Modem adapter and you want to know which one you have look at the output of "cat /proc/pci" and see the name and/or the "Device id" of your Ethernet controller. For instance, the adapter below is a 3c556:
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Bus 0, device 11, function 0:
Ethernet controller: 3Com Unknown device (rev 16).
Vendor id=10b7. Device id=6055.
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If you know any other computers that use these adapters, please contact me. If you discover a new 3Com Mini PCI adapter, please tell it to the vortex mailing list.