From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Jacobi Subject: Help needed, 3com 3c597-TX doesn't trigger interrupts Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:38:39 +0200 Message-ID: <480B475F.5020102@ccac.rwth-aachen.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-15; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from mail-in-03.arcor-online.net ([151.189.21.43]:59088 "EHLO mail-in-03.arcor-online.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750765AbYDTNiq (ORCPT ); Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:38:46 -0400 Received: from mail-in-16-z2.arcor-online.net (mail-in-16-z2.arcor-online.net [151.189.8.33]) by mail-in-03.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7BC632CAAEE for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:38:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from mail-in-07.arcor-online.net (mail-in-07.arcor-online.net [151.189.21.47]) by mail-in-16-z2.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B4E725411B for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:38:45 +0200 (CEST) Received: from [192.168.0.5] (dslb-084-057-206-082.pools.arcor-ip.net [84.57.206.82]) (Authenticated sender: carlin@arcor.de) by mail-in-07.arcor-online.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4B8BB292B6C for ; Sun, 20 Apr 2008 15:38:45 +0200 (CEST) Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Hello, I am trying to get a 3com EISA NIC with the so called "Demon" chipset (should be the EISA version of the "Vortex" chip) working here. Everything seems to be fine now, I can send packets and when I poll the adapter status register I can also receive packets. The only shortcoming is that I don't get an interrupt each time a packet arrives which makes the whole NIC unusable for me, so far. Contacting 3com-EMEA to get some developer documentation for the chip I got the answer that the support program for the product has ended for more than five years and hence they don't deliver those documents any more. My question here: Is still someone out there who knows about trapdoors with the 3com cards or still has old documentation about those chipsets? Please ... With kind regards, Carsten Jacobi