Problem with mii-tool...

[Norbert Gruener <nog@MPA-Garching.MPG.DE>]

Hi all,

I have a "Samsung X10plus" laptop with the builtin ethernet interface
"Broadcom 4400 10/100BaseT".  I am running the "Sarge" snapshot from
Dec 5th.

I have my laptop connected to the ethernet before I start booting.
After I had booted my system I submit the command

        "mii-tool eth0"

and the respond is

   No MIT transceiver present.


Then I start "eth0" manually (ifup eth0).  Everything works fine.  I
get a network connection.  Now I stop it again (ifdown eth0) and I
unplug the ethernet cable.  When I now submit the command "mii-tool
eth0" I get the answer I was expecting

  eth0: no link


My question is why do I get the message "No MIT transceiver present"
right after the booting?

This behavior makes it impossible to detect if I am hooked to the
network and automatically startup my ethernet interface.

Any help or any pointer would be appreciated.

Thank you in advance,

Norbert
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