[vortex] 3c905CX-TX-NM

[Christian Welzel]

Am Montag, 17. Juni 2002 12:49 schrieb Bogdan Costescu:

> However, I wonder how the Vendor ID is still there and the Device ID is
> not... They are quite apart (Device ID at 0x03 and Vendor ID at 0x17) so
> accidental erasure is quite unprobable IMHO. Could you please try with
> 'vortex-diag -ee' to have the complete dump of the EEPROM and see what
> else (if any) apart from the Vendor ID is still present ?

$> vortex-diag -p 0x9000 -t 17 -ee
vortex-diag.c:v2.06 4/18/2002 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
 http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
Assuming a 3c905C Tornado 100baseTx adapter at 0x9000.
EEPROM format 64x16, configuration table at offset 0:
      ...

 The word-wide EEPROM checksum is 0000.
Saved EEPROM settings of a 3Com Vortex/Boomerang:
 3Com Node Address FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (used as a unique ID only).
 OEM Station address ff:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF (used as the ethernet address).
  Device ID ffff,  Manufacturer ID ffff.
  Manufacture date (MM/DD/YYYY) 15/31/2027, division ÿ, product ÿÿ.
  A BIOS ROM of size 960Kx8 is expected.
 Options: force full duplex, link beat check disabled.
  Vortex format checksum is incorrect (0000 vs. ffff).
  Cyclone format checksum is incorrect (00 vs. 0xff).
  Hurricane format checksum is incorrect (00 vs. 0xff).

$>vortex-diag -p 0x9000 -t 17 -aa -f
vortex-diag.c:v2.06 4/18/2002 Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
 http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
Assuming a 3c905C Tornado 100baseTx adapter at 0x9000.
Initial window 0, registers values by window:
  Window 0: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 00bf ffff 0000.
  Window 1: 7f00 0020 0700 0000 0000 007f 0000 2000.
  Window 2: ffff ffff ffff 0000 0000 0000 0052 4000.
  Window 3: c1c0 03fc 05ea 0000 017f 0800 0800 6000.
  Window 4: 0000 0000 0000 000c 0000 8080 0000 8000.
  Window 5: 1ffc 0000 0000 1ffc 0800 0000 0000 a000.
  Window 6: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 c000.
  Window 7: 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 e000.
Vortex chip registers at 0x9000
  0x9010: 00000000 00000000 000000ff 00000000
  0x9020: 00000000 00000000 00080000 00000004
  0x9030: 00000000 9aa06560 00000000 00080004
 Indication enable is 0000, interrupt enable is 0000.
 No interrupt sources are pending.
 Transceiver/media interfaces available:  100baseT4 100baseTx 100baseFx 
10baseT 10base2 AUI MII10baseFL.
Transceiver type in use:  undefined-15.
 MAC settings: half-duplex.
 Station address set to ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff.
 Configuration options 0052.

$>

> I've only had one bad 3Com card which was completely broken, meaning that
> the BIOS would not detect any "Ethernet Adapter" and it would not appear
> on the PCI bus at all.

the cards are regognized at boot time and the BIOS says:
0	13	0	10B7	FFFF	Network Controller	3

when i plug in a cable, the light changes to green and is flickering.
but no drivers accepts these chards...

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