[vortex] problems w/3c59x on 3CCFE575BT

Malcolm Scott m@lcolm.org.uk
Mon Dec 23 15:11:01 2002


dean gaudet wrote:

>On Mon, 23 Dec 2002, Donald Becker wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I checked this against the reference 3ccfe575bt that I have here at
>>the Scyld offices.  Except for the station address and date, the EEPROM
>>contents match the properly working device that I have here.
>>
>>Verify that you are not passing in a module option.
>>
>>    
>>
>>> MII PHY 0 at #0 transceiver registers:
>>>   3000 282d 0300 e54b 00a1 45e1 0001 0000
>>>      
>>>
>>This transceiver model is slightly different than on my card.  Both are
>>TDK 78q2120 parts, but your transceiver is a newer rev. 11 chip (e543
>>vs. e54b).
>>    
>>
>
>here's a big long paste so you can be sure i'm doing everything right...
>including setting no options.  i ^C'd the wgets after a few seconds
>because they were still clearly going slow.
>
>would it help for me to get the old 3c575_cb driver going and run some of
>these diagnostics?
>
>-dean
>  
>
Just an obvious question - are you sure the problem's on your machine, 
and not on your webserver ("neemlark")?

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