From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:12:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:12:05 -0400 Received: from femail26.sdc1.sfba.home.com ([24.254.60.16]:38617 "EHLO femail26.sdc1.sfba.home.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 6 Aug 2001 19:12:01 -0400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: Nicholas Knight Reply-To: tegeran@home.com To: Dieter =?iso-8859-1?q?N=FCtzel?= , Linux Kernel List Subject: Re: 3c509: broken(verified) Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2001 16:15:00 -0700 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] Cc: Alan Cox In-Reply-To: <20010806230051Z269127-28344+2074@vger.kernel.org> In-Reply-To: <20010806230051Z269127-28344+2074@vger.kernel.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <01080616150000.03359@c779218-a> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Monday 06 August 2001 04:00 pm, Dieter Nützel wrote: > On Monday 06 August 2001 22:30:12, Nicholas Knight wrote: > > You mention the problem is being unable to change the media, I was > > unaware this was even possible with the current 3c509 driver, and > > most people do it on 3c509's and other PNP cards of this sort (such > > as NE2000 clones) by using a DOS boot diskette and the DOS utilities > > provided by the manufacturer. > > That's what I did. I've set it to "auto mode" and it works with RJ45 > cable. But I can't verify if "full duplex" worked right. So I changed > it under Win to "10baseT" for which the 3Com utilities say "full > duplex" enabled. Why do you want full duplex on a DSL connection? I tend to set any NIC's I use for a consumer connection to the lower end of their settings to avoid possible problems in any OS. > > Now I get this for my ADSL NIC. > My first NIC (Ethernet Pro 100+) is for the LAN. > > eth1: 3c5x9 at 0x220, 10baseT port, address 00 a0 24 87 4a a6, IRQ 5. > 3c509.c:1.18 12Mar2001 becker@scyld.com > http://www.scyld.com/network/3c509.html > eth1: Setting Rx mode to 1 addresses. > eth1: Setting Rx mode to 2 addresses. > eth1: Setting Rx mode to 3 addresses. sorry, did forget to mention that this popped up when I compiled the driver in instead of using a module, but it doesn't appear to be a problem, I have no idea what's going on with it though. > > But I am not smarter 'cause there is no full duplex mode mentioned in > the logs. does it get mentioned in the logs for your other NIC? > > Thanks, > Dieter > > BTW Is DMA (channel 6 for example) possible with this hardware/driver? the hardware is capable of it I belive, I do not know about the driver.