[tulip] Strange Connectivity Problem with Linksys PCMPC200 v1

[Donald Becker]

On Mon, 2 Sep 2002, Savio Lau wrote:

> Subject: Re: [tulip] Strange Connectivity Problem with Linksys PCMPC200 v1
...
>  From the diagnostic programs two things are apparent
> 1. The Rx and Tx process of the Tulip driver is stuck at the "Reading a 
> Rx/Tx Descriptor" stage.

This usually indicates a problem with the bus-master capability.  That's
not typically a problem with CardBus cards.

>  MII PHY #0 transceiver registers:
>    1000 782d 0040 6212 01e1 45e1 0003 0000

OK, you've negotiated 100baseTx-FDX

> mii-diag.c:v2.06 8/7/2002 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
>  http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
>   Using the new SIOCGMIIPHY value on PHY 0 (BMCR 0x1000).
>  The autonegotiated capability is 0000.

What driver version are you using?  The driver isn't reporting the
MII registers correctly.

>  MII PHY #0 transceiver registers:
>    1000 782d 0040 6212 0001 45e1 0003 0000

Compare this to the values read above.


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