Ethernet PCMCIA Cardbus Card doesn't work
Hi,
I bought a Pcmcia-Lan-Card "Longshine CardBus Fast
Ethernet 10/100 LCS-8539TX" ( same as Abocom
FE2500MX). It works ok with WindowsXP (no flaming, I
have to use it). With Linux however, it recognizes
our 100mbps lan only as a 10mbps network and doesnt't
work at all. The LED on the card shows "100", but
syslog says
"eth0: 21143 10mbps sensed media."
and
"eth0: 21143 10baseT link beat good."
and I don't get a connection. I can ping myself, but
nobody else. I searched the net for the problem and
found a tip. When I do
ifconfig eth0 promisc
it works somehow. Although it feels a bit sluggish
compared to Windows, and often it takes a long time
before a connection to a website is made, which
otherwise appears instantly.
Some questions:
Is there a fix or workaround which doesn't require to
set the card in promiscous mode to make it work with
linux? Or any other tip to make it work more reliable?
Is the tulip driver "tulip_cb", which is loaded by the
cardmanager, the right one?
What's the correct entry in /etc/pcmcia/config for the
card?
This?
card "Linksys EtherFast 10/100"
manfid 0x13d1, 0xab08
bind "tulip_cb"
Thanx a lot
Peter
Notebook: Gericom Overdose II
Distro: Debian Testing
pcmcia-cs ver. 3.1.29
pcmcia-source ver. 3.1.29
kernel 2.4.13 (pcmcia-drvers NOT from the kernel)
syslog with kernel 2.4.9 an pcmcia-cs ver 3.1.28
(same with 2.4.13 and 3.1.29)
Dec 14 16:15:55 host kernel: Linux PCMCIA Card
Services 3.1.28
Dec 14 16:15:55 host kernel: kernel build: 2.4.9 #2
Fri Sep 14 01:03:39 CEST 2001
Dec 14 16:15:55 host kernel: options: [pci]
[cardbus] [apm]
Dec 14 16:15:55 host kernel: Intel PCIC probe: <6>PCI:
Found IRQ 10 for device 00:0a.0
Dec 14 16:15:55 host kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 10 for
device 00:0a.1
Dec 14 16:15:55 host kernel:
Dec 14 16:15:55 host kernel: TI 1225 rev 01
PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:0a, mem 0x10000000
Dec 14 16:15:55 host kernel: host opts [0]: [ring]
[serial pci & irq] [pci irq 10] [lat 168/176] [bus
2/5]
Dec 14 16:15:55 host kernel: host opts [1]: [ring]
[serial pci & irq] [pci irq 10] [lat 168/176] [bus
6/9]
Dec 14 16:15:55 host kernel: ISA irqs (scanned) =
3,4,7,11 PCI status changes
Dec 14 16:15:55 host cardmgr[941]: starting, version
is 3.1.28
Dec 14 16:15:55 host cardmgr[941]: config error, file
'config' line 568: no ID method for this card
Dec 14 16:15:55 host cardmgr[941]: watching 2 sockets
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 2):
vendor 0x13d1, device 0xab08
Dec 14 16:15:56 host cardmgr[941]: initializing socket
0
Dec 14 16:15:56 host cardmgr[941]: socket 0: Linksys
Etherfast 10/100
Dec 14 16:15:56 host cardmgr[941]: executing:
'modprobe cb_enabler'
Dec 14 16:15:56 host cardmgr[941]: executing:
'modprobe tulip_cb'
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: cs: cb_config(bus 2)
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: cs: IO port probe
0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x3c0-0x3df 0x4d0-0x4d7
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: cs: IO port probe
0x03e0-0x04cf: clean.
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: cs: IO port probe
0x04d8-0x04ff: clean.
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: cs: IO port probe
0x0800-0x08ff: clean.
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: cs: IO port probe
0x0a00-0x0aff: clean.
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: cs: IO port probe
0x0c00-0x0cff: clean.
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: fn 0 bar 1: io
0x800-0x8ff
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: fn 0 bar 2: mem
0x60060000-0x600603ff
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: fn 0 rom: mem
0x60040000-0x6005ffff
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: irq 10
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: cs: cb_enable(bus 2)
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: bridge io map 0 (flags
0x21): 0x800-0x8ff
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: bridge mem map 0 (flags
0x1): 0x60040000-0x60060fff
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: tulip_attach(device
02:00.0)
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: tulip.c:v0.91g-ppc
7/16/99 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov (modified by
danilo@cs.uni-magdeburg.de for XIRCOM CBE, fixed by
Doug Ledford)
Dec 14 16:15:56 host cardmgr[941]: executing:
'./network start eth0'
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: eth0: Digital DS21143
Tulip rev 17 at 0x800, EEPROM not present,
00:4C:69:6E:75:79, IRQ 10.
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: eth0: MII transceiver #0
config 3100 status 7849 advertising 05e1.
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: eth0: Advertising 01e1
on PHY 0, previously advertising 05e1.
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: eth0: Advertising 01e1
(to advertise is 01e1).
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: eth0: MII transceiver #1
config 3100 status 7849 advertising 05e1.
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: eth0: Advertising 01e1
on PHY 1, previously advertising 05e1.
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: eth0: Advertising 01e1
(to advertise is 01e1).
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: eth0: MII transceiver #2
config 3100 status 7849 advertising 01e1.
Dec 14 16:15:56 host kernel: eth0: MII transceiver #3
config 3100 status 7849 advertising 01e1.
Dec 14 16:15:59 host kernel: eth0: Setting full-duplex
based on MII#0 link partner capability of 45e1.
Dec 14 16:15:59 host kernel: eth0: 21143 10mbps sensed
media.
Dec 14 16:16:48 host kernel: eth0: 21143 10baseT link
beat good.
Dec 14 16:16:59 host kernel: eth0: 21143 10baseT link
beat good.
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