i82557

[Gerhard Sittig]

On Thu, 14 Jan 1999, Donald Becker wrote:

> On Wed, 13 Jan 1999, Carl Schwartz wrote:
> 
> > My Intel PCI EtherExpress Pro100B 82557 chip is detected as 82555 after
> > eepro100 module is loaded during boot.  Ping gets no results and
> 
> Let me correct my previous message: the i82555 is a 10mpbs-only transceiver.
> The i82553 is a 10/100 transceiver.
> 
> Is your board a 10mpbs-only board?

Funny that you're asking this, I just had a look at my log:
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eepro100.c:v1.05 10/16/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html
eepro100.c:v1.05 10/16/98 Donald Becker http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/drivers/eepro100.html
eth0: Intel EtherExpress Pro 10/100 at 0xd800, 00:A0:C9:99:20:C0, IRQ 9.
  Board assembly 678400-001, Physical connectors present: RJ45
  Primary interface chip i82555 PHY #1.
  General self-test: passed.
  [ ... self tests ... ]
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It's Linux 2.0.36-SuSE with a EEpro100B and I
run these on 100Mbps FD.  cat /proc/pci says
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 ...
  Bus  0, device  10, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: Intel 82557 (rev 2).
      Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 9.
      Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=8.Max Lat=56.
      Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe7000000.  I/O at 0xd800.
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe6000000.
 ...
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Not that I was afraid, but I'm curious ...


Gerhard Sittig
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