Bug#309051: RC3 installer can't configure ISA-PNP Ethernet boards
reassign 309051 netcfg
retitle 309051 Please consider adding transceiver selection for 3c59x
severity 309051 wishlist
thanks
On Saturday 14 May 2005 07:10, Jack Carroll wrote:
> The installer is able to configure PCI network boards, but not ISA
> network boards.
> This machine is set up to be a multihomed router/firewall, among
> other functions. It has four Ethernet boards:
>
> 1 PCI 3C905B Combo (AUI, 10Base2, 100BaseT)
> 1 PCI 3C905B 100BaseT only
> 1 ISA-PNP 3C509 Combo (AUI, 10Base2, 100BaseT)
> 1 ISA-PNP SMC-Ultra Combo (AUI, 10Base2, 100BaseT)
You probably have to pass some parameters to the driver modules for these
cards. This is possible if you install in "expert" mode (boot the
installer using 'expert' or 'expert26').
This is, although very summarily, documented in the Installation Guide:
http://d-i.alioth.debian.org/manual/en.i386/ch06s01.html.
> The 3c59x driver has had a bug since kernel 2.4. It's still there
> with 2.6. Contrary to what the kernel documentation says, 3c59x
> overrides the board's automatic selection of the transceiver that's
> actually plugged into a network, and arbitrarily selects the UTP
> transceiver instead. This is a major PIA. It would be helpful if
> netcfg were to explcitly offer the user a choice of transceiver when
> configuring a board which requires this module. Of course, actually
> fixing the bug would be better, but that doesn't appear to be in the
> pipeline.
Reassigning the report to component netcfg for this.
Cheers,
FJP
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