[tulip] W-LINX LinxPRO Ethernet

[Donald Becker]

On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Michael Thaler wrote:
> On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 05:08:35PM -0500, Donald Becker wrote:
> 
> > > tulip.c:v0.91g-ppc 7/16/99 becker@scyld.com (modified by danilo@cs.uni-magdeburg.de for XIRCOM CBE, fixed by Doug Ledford)
> > > eth0: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 17 at 0x800, EEPROM not present, 00:4C:69:6E:75:79, IRQ 9.
> > 
> > Hmmm, the driver was not able to read the EEPROM.
> > 
> > > eth0:  MII transceiver #1 config 3000 status 7849 advertising 01e1.
> > > eth0: 21143 10mbps sensed media.
> > > eth0: 21143 10baseT link beat good.
> > 
> > Hmmm, my driver releases should only use the MII transceiver if one is
> > found.  I suspect one of the modifications changed the behavior, in this
> > case breaking the driver.  Keep in mind, though, that the primary problem
> > is reading the EEPROM, not the fall-back media selection.
> 
> Is there any chance to get the card working or it is better to just
> bring the card back and get another one?

Run 'tulip-diag -ee' to see if the EEPROM can be read.
http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html

As usual, I suggest using v0.93 rather than the much-modified 0.91-ppc.

> Will it help to look for the resources the Win2000 driver
> uses?

No.

Donald Becker				becker@scyld.com
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