I recall somebody reported, a month or a few ago, that he had 3Com
Cardbus ethernet-adapter, which needed to be inserted, removed and
then inserted again before network was set up properly. I didn't
follow that thread and wasn't able to find it now that I have exactly
the same problem. Did anybody have any solution to this?
I have experienced this problem with every kernel I have tried this
card with (2.4.9, 2.4.1[0-3]ac, 2.4.15pre[67]). When I boot my Dell
Latitude with the card (3CCFE575BT-D) inserted, it _does_ detect a
card in the socket:
Nov 21 00:01:00 puck cardmgr[188]: initializing socket 1
Nov 21 00:01:00 puck cardmgr[188]: socket 1: 3Com 3CCFE575B/3CXFE575B Fast EtherLink XL
At this point, the module 3c59x does not load. Also at this point the
adapter has 10BaseT led on, though my network is 100BaseT.
Then I remove remove the card and insert it again:
Nov 21 00:02:07 puck kernel: cs: cb_free(bus 6)
Nov 21 00:02:07 puck cardmgr[188]: shutting down socket 1
Nov 21 00:02:07 puck /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: PCI remove event not supported
Nov 21 00:02:12 puck kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 6): vendor 0x10b7, device 0x5157
Nov 21 00:02:12 puck kernel: PCI: Enabling device 06:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
Nov 21 00:02:12 puck cardmgr[188]: initializing socket 1
Nov 21 00:02:12 puck cardmgr[188]: socket 1: 3Com 3CCFE575B/3CXFE575B Fast EtherLink XL
Nov 21 00:02:12 puck /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: Modprobe and setup 3c59x for PCI slot 06:00.0
Nov 21 00:02:12 puck kernel: 3c59x: Donald Becker and others. http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html
Nov 21 00:02:12 puck kernel: 06:00.0: 3Com PCI 3CCFE575BT Cyclone CardBus at 0x4800. Vers LK1.1.16
Nov 21 00:02:12 puck kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 06:00.0 to 64
Nov 21 00:02:12 puck /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifup eth0
Now it now loads 3c59x and has the 100BaseT led on, but at this point
it still does not get the network up and running. (Meaning: ifconfig
still shows only loopback-interface up.)
So, let's remove and insert again:
Nov 21 00:02:24 puck kernel: cs: cb_free(bus 6)
Nov 21 00:02:24 puck cardmgr[188]: shutting down socket 1
Nov 21 00:02:24 puck /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifdown eth0
Nov 21 00:02:24 puck /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: PCI remove event not supported
Nov 21 00:02:26 puck kernel: cs: cb_alloc(bus 6): vendor 0x10b7, device 0x5157
Nov 21 00:02:26 puck kernel: PCI: Enabling device 06:00.0 (0000 -> 0003)
Nov 21 00:02:26 puck kernel: 06:00.0: 3Com PCI 3CCFE575BT Cyclone CardBus at 0x4800. Vers LK1.1.16
Nov 21 00:02:26 puck kernel: PCI: Setting latency timer of device 06:00.0 to 64
Nov 21 00:02:26 puck cardmgr[188]: initializing socket 1
Nov 21 00:02:26 puck cardmgr[188]: socket 1: 3Com 3CCFE575B/3CXFE575B Fast EtherLink XL
Nov 21 00:02:26 puck /etc/hotplug/net.agent: invoke ifup eth0
Nov 21 00:02:26 puck /etc/hotplug/pci.agent: Modprobe and setup 3c59x for PCI slot 06:00.0
Nov 21 00:02:29 puck kernel: eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #0 link partner capability of 45e1.
Now everything works like a charm.
What should I look at in order to find out what's going on here?
The current kernel is 2.4.15pre7 and the hotplug-utilities are from
Debian package with versioned as 0.0.20010919-2.
Suonp??...
<[email protected]> wrote:
> maybe you should try [email protected] it's the official
> dev list for the 3COM driver for linux.
Um... For some reason I had understood Donald Becker wasn't so much
involved in the current state of these drivers. And indeed looking at
3c59x.c it would seem it has been Andrew Morton who has contributed
most this driver resently. Or have I missed something?
Suonp??...