Re: Problems getting 100bTx with 3c59x drivers and 3c905B-Tx card
i strongly suggest upgrading the driver, i run 1.0.0e on all my
systems. the older one has some problems on the newer cards.
nate
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Patrick Hamel wrote:
phamel >Hi,
phamel >
phamel >I recently bought a new 10/100Mb hub and I have problem running my
phamel >3c905B-Tx to 100bTx.
phamel >
phamel >What happens is this:
phamel >
phamel >[WinNT, Win98]
phamel >- All fine, link comes up at 100/full as per EEPROM autoselection.
phamel >
phamel >[Linux (Debian potato (Dec 99) with 2.2.13 kernel)]
phamel >During boot and before modules are loaded, link shows up at 100/full
phamel >Module 3c59x is loaded, link goes down (fraction of second)
phamel >Media type is overided (i have options 3c59x options=12 in my
phamel >/etc/modules.conf)
phamel >Link comes back up at 10btx/half
phamel >
phamel >when trying this with debug=6 in the options, it says something about
phamel >not finding a link beat at 100b-Tx / full, then 100b-Tx / half
phamel >
phamel >as per my recollection of IEEE auto neg it is normal to go down to 10bTx
phamel >/Half as it is the next step in auto neg.
phamel >
phamel >3c59x is version 0.99H
phamel >
phamel >Both machines use 3c905B-Tx card, one is from Q2 1998 the other is on an
phamel >SMP machine and was bought in Q4 1999.
phamel >
phamel >Same problem on both PC.
phamel >
phamel >
phamel >I also tried the 3com 3c90x.c driver (1.0.0) the result is even worse
phamel >(link goes down and never comes back up).
phamel >
phamel >I will be playing with the 3c59x Version 0.99L sometime tonight.
phamel >
phamel >Anyone got this solve before???
phamel >
phamel >Thanks
phamel >
phamel >Patrick H.
phamel >
phamel >
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phamel >
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