MII transmitter not found

[Yongling Ding]

> This problem occurred with some 3c905B cards when used with v0.99E.
> The correct solution is to use v0.99H or v0.99H-WOL.
I'm using 0.99H!

>
> If you are already using v0.99H, then there is some problem that I don't
> understand.  (Oh, in general you should *not* use media-forcing options
> unless you must use 10base2 or AUI transceivers.  Specifically, "10baseT"
> or "100baseTx" isn't a valid media selection for cards with MII
> transceivers.  The MII transceiver handles 10 and 100baseTx
> automatically. )
This seems to be the only solution now. MII transceiver is not detected at
boot time. Without any option, it is automatically set to promiscuous mode
and eth0 disappears. But after a while, the diag program detect the MII
successfully. Setting options=6 can prevent falling into promiscuous mode,
but there is a long delay and IP seems not working  properly although I can
manually set IP settings afterwards. Right now, dhcpd fails at boot time but
static IP works smoothly. Hope this will help you pin down the problem.

>
> Donald Becker
> becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov
> USRA-CESDIS, Center of Excellence in Space Data and Information Sciences.
> Code 930.5, Goddard Space Flight Center,  Greenbelt, MD.  20771
> 301-286-0882	     http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/people/becker/whoiam.html
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