[vortex] Problem with 3com 10/100 Mini PCI adapter (3c556B?)under 2.2.19

Mon, 09 Jul 2001 11:39:22 +0900 (JST)

Thanks for your response.

;; "bogdan>" == bogdan.costescu@iwr.uni-heidelberg.de (Bogdan Costescu) wrote:

bogdan> If you didn't specifically use "options=6" when loading the
bogdan> module, then MII is set in the EEPROM. 

I'm _NOT_ using "options=6" specifically.  I've been trying with
"alias eth0 3c59x" with no options in modules.conf under 2.4.6.

bogdan> Can you use the DOS tool from 3Com to set it to
bogdan> NWAY/Autonegotiate ?

I've tried this one.

After I extracted several files from self-extracting archives at
ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c90x/3c90xx2.exe, I invoked first
"3c90xcfg.exe" under Windows ME, but it says, "No 3C90X NICs are
installed in this computer" and I could not proceed to a further step.

Next, I tried "install.exe" and selected "Configuration and
Diagnostic Program", then, installer says, "Error: Configuration
and Diagnostics Program is not compatible with Windows 95/98
[ABORT]" under Windows ME.

Am I wrong in something?

bogdan> Can you try playing with "mii-diag -p x" with p between 0 and
bogdan> 31 and report everything that is not "0xffff" as in the case
bogdan> of 24 ?

I played with "mii-diag -p x" (x=0,1,...,31), and found the only
exception that is not "0xffff" is x=0.

jasmin# ./mii-diag -p 0
Using the default interface 'eth0'.
Using the specified MII PHY index 0.
Basic registers of MII PHY #0:  3000 7849 0022 561b 01e1 0001 0004 2001.
 Basic mode control register 0x3000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
 Basic mode status register 0x7849 ... 7849.
   Link status: not established.
   End of basic transceiver informaion.

All the other cases (x=1 to 31) show "0xffff" as,

jasmin# ./mii-diag -p 24
Using the default interface 'eth0'.
Using the specified MII PHY index 24.
Basic registers of MII PHY #24:  ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff ffff.
  No MII transceiver present!.

Thanks.

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