[vortex] Mini PCI - no link

Donald Becker becker@scyld.com
Sat Jun 22 01:31:10 2002


On Fri, 21 Jun 2002, Dave Dribin wrote:

> > Try the driver update, 0.99Xa, I've put in the test directory:
> >     ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/network/test/3c59x.c
>
> Yup, the MAC address is correct now.  No link light, but that is to be
> expected with the current change.

Try removing INVERT_LED_PWR and MII_XCVR_PWR, one at a time, from the
table entry around line 317.  Use 'mii-diag' to see what the effect is.

> I found the page on the 3com site where they provide technical
> documentation on their cards.  It seems woefully out of date without
> even a mention of a mini-PCI card or any card with the EEPROM at
> offset 0x30.  Do you have any docs on their newer cards?

No, I don't have any current docs.  And I've not see any manual that
covers the offset 0x30 or the opcode at bits 10:9, but it's pretty
clearly what is going on.

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