[vortex] 3com 3c59x problems with Fedora2

[Mladen Martinčević]

Hi to all.

Maybe this will look strange, because lots of posts
about this similiar problem. But no solutions for now
works for me.
Situation:
Fedora 2 with 2.6.5 kernel
three 3com nics :

03:02.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation
3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
03:03.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation
3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)
04:02.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation
3c905C-TX/TX-M [Tornado] (rev 78)

Two of those nic-s eth0, eth1 are connected on local
network. the third one eth2 is connected to Cisco
router wich is direct link to internet :)
Problems with eth2 are similiar to previously problems
:

Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel: eth2: Transmit error,
Tx status register 82.
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel: Probably a duplex
mismatch.  See Documentation/networking/vortex.txt
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   Flags; bus-master 1,
dirty 125449(9) current 125449(9)
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   Transmit list
00000000 vs. 5f6ea7a0.
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   0: @5f6ea200  length
800001ce status 000101ce
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   1: @5f6ea2a0  length
8000005a status 0001005a
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   2: @5f6ea340  length
80000036 status 00010036
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   3: @5f6ea3e0  length
800005ea status 000105ea
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   4: @5f6ea480  length
800000be status 000100be
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   5: @5f6ea520  length
800005ea status 000105ea
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   6: @5f6ea5c0  length
80000036 status 00010036
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   7: @5f6ea660  length
800005ea status 000105ea
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   8: @5f6ea700  length
8000006e status 8001006e
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   9: @5f6ea7a0  length
80000036 status 00010036
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   10: @5f6ea840  length
80000036 status 00010036
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   11: @5f6ea8e0  length
80000036 status 00010036
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   12: @5f6ea980  length
80000082 status 00010082
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   13: @5f6eaa20  length
8000019a status 0001019a
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   14: @5f6eaac0  length
8000005a status 0001005a
Aug 30 09:25:07 chaos1 kernel:   15: @5f6eab60  length
80000036 status 00010036

mii-tool :

eth0: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
eth1: negotiated 100baseTx-FD flow-control, link ok
eth2: no autonegotiation, 10baseT-HD, link ok

mii-tool -v :


eth2: no autonegotiation, 10baseT-HD, link ok
  product info: vendor 00:10:5a, model 0 rev 0
  basic mode:   autonegotiation enabled
  basic status: autonegotiation complete, link ok
  capabilities: 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD
10baseT-HD
  advertising:  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx-HD 10baseT-FD
10baseT-HD flow-control
  link partner: 10baseT-HD

I dont know if autonegoitation is problem or maybe the
cisco router is working on half-duplex wich is
confusing my NIC.
I also tryed loading options in /etc/modprobe.conf

alias eth2 3c59x options=0x203

or just forsing full-duplex but none of thees
solutions worked for me.

Maybe to change all nics? :)

If someone can help me solving this problem!

Thanks


		
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