Hello. I've run into an odd problem with the 3c59x driver on
2.6.0-test[34] (and 2.6.0-test4-mm6). First, from scripts/ver_linux:
If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version.
Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes.
Linux opus 2.6.0-test4 #2 SMP Sat Sep 6 20:43:52 MST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
Gnu C 3.3.2
Gnu make 3.80
util-linux 2.11z
mount 2.11z
e2fsprogs 1.35-WIP
PPP 2.4.1
nfs-utils 1.0.5
Linux C Library 2.3.2
Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.3.2
Procps 3.1.11
Net-tools 1.60
Console-tools 0.2.3
Sh-utils 5.0.90
Modules Loaded parport_pc lp parport ipt_REJECT iptable_filter ipt_MASQUERADE ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_nat ip_conntrack ip_tables 8250 core soundcore microcode rtc tulip crc32 af_packet 3c59x hid uhci_hcd usbcore ext2
and lspci:
00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX Host bridge (rev 03)
00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX AGP bridge (rev 03)
00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 01)
00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 01)
00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX (rev 20)
00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI]
00:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c895 (rev 01)
00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 24)
00:0f.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20262 (rev 01)
01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 04)
What seems to happen on every other boot (and just rebooting the machine
will 'fix' this) is that when 3c59x is loaded I get:
3c59x: Donald Becker and others. http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
0000:00:0e.0: 3Com PCI 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xe480. Vers LK1.1.19
***WARNING*** No MII transceivers found!
and then dhcp never gets an IP. Virtually all of 2.4 has run just fine
in this particular setup.
--
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/
On Sun, Sep 07, 2003 at 02:23:48PM -0700, Tom Rini wrote:
> Hello. I've run into an odd problem with the 3c59x driver on
> 2.6.0-test[34] (and 2.6.0-test4-mm6). First, from scripts/ver_linux:
>
> If some fields are empty or look unusual you may have an old version.
> Compare to the current minimal requirements in Documentation/Changes.
>
> Linux opus 2.6.0-test4 #2 SMP Sat Sep 6 20:43:52 MST 2003 i686 GNU/Linux
>
> Gnu C 3.3.2
> Gnu make 3.80
> util-linux 2.11z
> mount 2.11z
> e2fsprogs 1.35-WIP
> PPP 2.4.1
> nfs-utils 1.0.5
> Linux C Library 2.3.2
> Dynamic linker (ldd) 2.3.2
> Procps 3.1.11
> Net-tools 1.60
> Console-tools 0.2.3
> Sh-utils 5.0.90
> Modules Loaded parport_pc lp parport ipt_REJECT iptable_filter ipt_MASQUERADE ip_nat_ftp ip_conntrack_ftp iptable_nat ip_conntrack ip_tables 8250 core soundcore microcode rtc tulip crc32 af_packet 3c59x hid uhci_hcd usbcore ext2
>
> and lspci:
> 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX Host bridge (rev 03)
> 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 440LX/EX - 82443LX/EX AGP bridge (rev 03)
> 00:07.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ISA (rev 01)
> 00:07.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 IDE (rev 01)
> 00:07.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 USB (rev 01)
> 00:07.3 Bridge: Intel Corp. 82371AB/EB/MB PIIX4 ACPI (rev 01)
> 00:0b.0 Ethernet controller: Lite-On Communications Inc LNE100TX (rev 20)
> 00:0c.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq ES1370 [AudioPCI]
> 00:0d.0 SCSI storage controller: LSI Logic / Symbios Logic 53c895 (rev 01)
> 00:0e.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 24)
> 00:0f.0 Unknown mass storage controller: Promise Technology, Inc. 20262 (rev 01)
> 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: Matrox Graphics, Inc. MGA G400 AGP (rev 04)
>
> What seems to happen on every other boot (and just rebooting the machine
> will 'fix' this) is that when 3c59x is loaded I get:
> 3c59x: Donald Becker and others. http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
> 0000:00:0e.0: 3Com PCI 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xe480. Vers LK1.1.19
> ***WARNING*** No MII transceivers found!
>
> and then dhcp never gets an IP. Virtually all of 2.4 has run just fine
> in this particular setup.
This is still a problem with 2.6.0-test6.
--
Tom Rini
http://gate.crashing.org/~trini/