[3c509] Problems with 3Com 515

[Donald Becker]

On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Maik Holtkamp wrote:

> ---boot messages---
> 3c515.c:v0.99 4/7/98 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov 3c515 Resource
> configuraiton register 0x0083, DCR 1483. eth0: 3Com 3c515 at 0x280,
> 00:a0:24:e0:76:5e, DMA 3, IRQ 3   64K word-wide RAM 1:1 Rx:Tx split,
> autoselect/10baseT interface.
> Media override to transceiver type 0 (10baseT).

This last line is likely not what you want.

> ---modules.conf---
> alias eth0 3c515
> options 3c515=4,12 

The correct syntax is
options 3c515 options=4,12

> ---cat /proc/*---
> interrupts:
> 3:          0          XT-PIC  3c515

Hmmm, verify that IRQ3 is assigned to the ISA bus.

> Is it possible that the problem is base on the Dlink using 100Mbit
> and the 3Com just uses 10Mbit (however, the options line of the
> modules.conf should force the 3Com to use 100Mbit, shouldn´t it?)?

You should avoid forcing the card to a specific speed or duplex.

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