Problems with DS21143

[Martin Josko]

Donald Becker wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 16 Feb 1999, Martin Josko wrote:
> 
> > Subject: Problems with DS21143
> ...
> > tulip.c:v0.90 10/20/98 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
> > eth0: Digital DS21143 Tulip at 0xd800, 00 00 d1 1b fd 41, IRQ 9.
> > eth0:  EEPROM default media type Autosense.
> > eth0:  Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21142 MII PHY (3)
> > block.
> > eth0:  Index #1 - Media 10base2 (#1) described by a 21142 Serial PHY (2)
> > block.
> 
> Are you using the 10base2 interface?
> 10base2 doesn't have a link beat, so you must specify that when you load the
> module (or use a newer 'ifconfig' program).
> 
> > eth0:  MII transceiver #1 config 3100 status 7849 advertising 0101.
> > eth0:  Advertising 01e1 on PHY 1, previously advertising 0101.
> 
> You don't have link beat on the MII transceiver.
> And that's a *very* curious initial advertising setting!
> 
> > Here some outputs from tulip-diag:
> >
> > tulip-diag.c:v1.07 2/10/99 Donald Becker (becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
> > Index #1: Found a Digital DS21143 Tulip adapter at 0xd800.
> >  Port selection is MII, half-duplex.
> >  Transmit started, Receive started, half-duplex.
> >   The Rx process state is 'Waiting for packets'.
> >   The Tx process state is 'Idle'.
> >   The transmit threshold is 128.
> 
> Looks good.
> 
> Donald Becker                                     becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
> USRA-CESDIS, Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences.
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Sorry, I think it was my failure. Now it works 
with the following entry in /etc/conf.modules:

options tulip          options=11 

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