eithernet driver for SMC EitherPowerII

[Eric Sellers]

No need to reply I figured out what to change :)

Change
static u16 media2miictl[16] = {
        0, 0x0C00, 0x0C00, 0x2000,  0x0100, 0x2100, 0, 0,
        0, 0, 0, 0,  0, 0, 0, 0 };
to
static u16 media2miictl[16] = {
        0, 0x0C00, 0x0C00, 0x2000,  0x0200, 0x2100, 0, 0,
        0, 0, 0, 0,  0, 0, 0, 0 };

And it will set it to 10baseT halfduplex

I hope this helps someone else
(And I hope it wasnt any of the other changes I might have made ... ;)

Eric


Eric Sellers wrote:

> I bought two SMC EtherPower II eithernet cards, and
> had a problem setting up the first one.
>
> I think I have figured out what it was and wanted to share this
> information
> just in case anyone else experiences the same problem.
>
> When I installed the card it defaulted to 100 mbps (the 100 mbps led was
> on)
> the epic100 driver that came with slackware 2.0.34 would not let me
> force it to
> 10BaseT, so I downloaded the test version. (v1.07 I think)
> and used modprobe epic100 options=4 (set it to 10baseT-FD)
> This almost worked... the only problem is it would freeze every once in
> a while
> for a few seconds (10 - 20 seconds)
>
> I used epic-diag and it said it was set for half-duplex even though
> the LED on the card said otherwise (the FDX led was on)
>
> When I tried to set it to half-duplex with the epic100 driver it would
> not change
> modprobe epic100 options=4 full_duplex=0
> The software said it was half-duplex but the FDX led was still on
>
> When I tried the other card in the same computer... it worked fine
> It auto negotiated to 10BaseT halfduplex and worked like a charm
> with the driver that came with slackware 2.0.34
> (and all the leds were correct  100mbps led was off and FDX led was off)
>
> So as far as I can tell, its a faulty card, that wont auto negotiate.
> It is possible to get the card to go into 10baseT half-duplex mode...
> but only in windows using the drivers that were supplied.
>
> Since I know it will work if you poke it right... anyone know how to
> force it to half-duplex?
> (what register has to be set?)
>
> Thanks
> Eric

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