[tulip] Compex FL6400TX problem

[Donald Becker]

On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Danilo Godec wrote:

> I have a small problem using two Compex FL6400TX (it's a quad 21143 card)
> in machine.
>
> While all 8 ports are recognized when the driver is loaded, two of the
> ports have problems:
>
> Jun 12 08:26:47 epis kernel: tulip.c:v0.91g-ppc 7/16/99 becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov

This driver should work, but ...

> PS: The module is loaded with 'separate_irq=1' option.

you are obviously using a modified version.

Try the version at
   http://www.scyld.com/network/tulip.html
      ftp://www.scyld.com/pub/network/tulip.c

> Jun 12 08:26:47 epis kernel: eth4: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 65 at 0xbc00, 00:80:48:C1:85:49, IRQ 9.
> Jun 12 08:26:47 epis kernel: eth4:  Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21142 MII PHY (3) block.
> Jun 12 08:26:47 epis kernel: eth4: ***WARNING***: No MII transceiver found!
...
> Jun 12 08:26:47 epis kernel: eth7: Digital DS21143 Tulip rev 65 at 0xb480, 00:80:48:C1:84:F4, IRQ 10.
> Jun 12 08:26:47 epis kernel: eth7:  Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21142 MII PHY (3) block.
> Jun 12 08:26:47 epis kernel: eth7: ***WARNING***: No MII transceiver found!

This is unusual -- problems usually affect all ports on a board.

Try
   Check your environment for overheating
   Run 'tulip-diag -m'

> It looks like IRQs 9 & 10 are not shareable, while IRQ 11 has no problem
> with it... Any ideas why?

That's unrelated to finding the MII transceiver...

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