[vortex] Problem with Nokia ADSL modem/hub and 3c905

[Donald Becker]

On Thu, 25 Jan 2001, Ville Herva wrote:

> with 'debug=7':
...
> ping works.
> 
> When I unplug the cable:
> 
> eth0: interrupt, status e401, latency 8, cur_rx 317, dirty_rx 317
> eth0: In interrupt loop, status e401.
>   In boomerang_rx(), status e001, rx_status 8000.
> Receiving packet size 60 status 803c.
> eth0: exiting interrupt, status e000.
> eth0: vortex_close() status e000, Tx status 00.
> eth0: vortex close stats: rx_nocopy 137 rx_copy 181 tx_queued 264 Rx
> pre-checksummed 0.
> bridge-eth0: lost peer eth0
> bridge-eth0: down
> 
> Ping does not work.

Does the receiver stop?
I note that you are doing bridging -- does problem exist without the
bridge code?

> and with 'options=0 debug=7':
> eth0: 3Com 3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx at 0xc400,  00:60:08:0b:99:9e, IRQ 19
>   Internal config register is 16302d8, transceivers 0xe040.
>   8K word-wide RAM 3:5 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/MII interface.
>   Media override to transceiver type 0 (10baseT).

This will definitely not work.  The 3c905 has a MII transceiver, not a
10baseT transceiver.

> Ping does not work after insmod and ifconfig.

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