3c509: broken(verified)

[Nico Schottelius <nicos@pcsystems.de>]

The driver for the 3c509 of 2.4.7 is broken:

It is impossible to set the transmitter type.

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modprobe 3c509 xcvr=X, where X is
0,1,2,3,4 doesn't make a difference.

Donald Becker verified that's a driver problem.

Can someone fix that ? Or is there a fix outthere ?

Sincerly,

Nico



Donald Becker wrote:

> On Sun, 5 Aug 2001, Nico Schottelius wrote:
>
> > > > I tried to change the media type of the card,
> > > > but the card didn't accept/recognized what I told
> > > > it!
> > > >
> > > > modprobe 3c509 xcvr=4
> > >
> > > What driver version?  From where?
> >
> > was 1.18 from kernel 2.4.7.
> > ftp.de.kernel.org
>
> Yes, it's broken.
>
> Report the problem on the kernel mailing list.
>
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