[tulip] errors using tulip in a compaq Alpha ds10

[Donald Becker]

On Thu, 21 Dec 2000, Kelly Roestel wrote:

> The switch says that this server is in Full-Duplex.  I will try the new 
> driver.  Maybe that will help with the problems.

You missed what I said:

> > Usually FCS/CRC and alignment error indicated corrupted packets due to 
> > bad cables.

Verify that you have correctly paired cables.

> [root@server1 common]# ./mii-diag 
> Using the default interface 'eth0'.
> Basic registers of MII PHY #32:  1000 786c 0000 0000 0621 41e1 0000 0000.
>  Basic mode control register 0x1000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
>  You have link beat, and everything is working OK.

Autonegotiation occurs with 10baseT signals.  The completion of autonegotion
does not indicate that the cable will work at 100baseTx.

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