[vortex] 3c905c auto negotiation

[Donald Becker]

On Thu, 25 Jul 2002, Paul Meyers wrote:

> I am having a bit of trouble with my 3c905c's , about 4 of my 10
> servers run poorly (about 15 mips throughput) when my hp switch
> (j4813a) is set to auto (the switch status indicates 100fdx).

What driver version?
What is the detection message?
What does 'mii-diag' report?

> The only
> way I can get them up to 100 mips is by setting the switch to forced
> 100Hdx. For some reason mii-tools doesnt on these cards, maybe because
> they are add on (not hard coded into bios). 

Does 'mii-diag' work?  Only on the problem card, or on all cards?

Have you tried the current driver?  v99Xc

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