[vortex] 3c905CX-TXM link problems

[Steven Timm]

On Tue, 21 Oct 2003, Bogdan Costescu wrote:

> On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Raul Dias wrote:
>
> >  - Is this a driver problem?  So it will be correct some time in the
> > future.
>
> The driver used to do the equivalent of 'mii-diag -R' upon loading, but
> this resets any link that might have been established until that point.
> This is particularly annoying with some Cisco switches that only activate
> the port 1 minute after the link was established.

Is there any documentation about the cisco switch activating the port
1 minute after link?  This sounds very similar to a problem that I've
been having.

Steve Timm


>I suggested at that time
> to make the reset a module option defaulting to disabled (the present
> behaviour), but it didn't happen... It seems that not many people are
> missing it :-)
>
> >  - Is this model (3C905CX-TXM) , garbage? So I should not rely on this
> > and use a different model.
>
> Well, I've had very good experience over years with 905B and 905C cards
> (notice 905C without X). I only have 4 905CX cards that are in use at the
> moment, so I can't do any testing.
>
> >  - I am expect to use 'mii-tool -R' on boot and not to worry about the
> > card quality (which is good)?
>
> That's also an option :-) You could even do it more or less automatically
> in /etc/modules.conf with a "post-install" statement.
>
> --
> Bogdan Costescu
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