[vortex-bug] AUI connector with 3C905B-Combo, a workaround

[Bogdan Costescu]

On 24 Aug 2000, Moritz Franosch wrote:

> I can't reproduce the bug with self-compiled kernels.
> With kernel 2.2.14, 2.2.14 patched by SuSE, and 2.2.16
> /var/log/messages tells
> Aug 24 11:20:40 star2 kernel: eth0: vortex_open() irq 5 media status 0880.
> Aug 24 11:20:40 star2 kernel: eth0: Media selection timer tick happened, 10Mbs AUI.
> Aug 24 11:20:40 star2 kernel: eth0: Media 10Mbs AUI is has no indication, 808.
> which is correct and the network works.
> 
> Only with the precompiled SuSE kernel 2.2.14 (SuSE Linux 6.4) it says
> 
> Aug 24 14:48:59 star2 kernel: eth0: vortex_open() irq 5 media status 8080.
> Aug 24 14:48:59 star2 kernel: eth0: Media selection timer tick happened, 10Mbs AUI.
> Aug 24 14:48:59 star2 kernel: eth0: Media 10Mbs AUI is has no indication, 8808.
> 
> and the network doesn't work.

Yes, there are different driver versions. The one that you've used as
the precompiled version is an old one (0.99L), and when debugging I looked
only at it. Obviously, the new version of the driver (in 2.2.16) does
things differently. I should have checked more carefully....

Sincerely,

Bogdan Costescu

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