ethtool and mii-tool cannot read eth0 NIC

["H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>]

Hi,

A P4 running Debian unstable and 2.6.12-1-686 has a Davicom nic:
0000:02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x
DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31)

It used to use tulip driver but IIRC in 2.6.12 kernel dmfe driver is
necessary to make it work.

The problem is that ethtool and mii-tool do not seem to talk to the nic:
~# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
No data available
~# mii-tool eth0
SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported
~#


How do I making these commands work, if at all possible?

thanks,
->HS
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