Question ?

[Donald Becker]

On Tue, 15 Dec 1998, AndyTrzeciak wrote:

> I have Linux 2.0.36 and 3x905 card installed
> Loaded as a module with debug=3 options=6
> And I'm getting those three lines every 1 min.
> Is this telling me there is something wrong or this is normal.

This is normal when you have debug=3.
Debug levels 2 and 3 will report media sensing and negotitation.  Higher
levels will report packet transfer and interrupt activity.

BTW, you shouldn't need "options=6" with v0.99H.  It's best to remove it.

> Dec 15 10:09:58 pacific kernel: eth0: Media selection timer tick happened,
> MII.
> Dec 15 10:09:58 pacific kernel: eth0: MII transceiver has status 786d.
> Dec 15 10:09:58 pacific kernel: eth0: Media selection timer finished, MII.

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