smc ezcard 10/100 boards, rtl8139 and diag

[Marty Leisner]

> On Fri, 25 Dec 1998, Marty Leisner wrote:
> 
> > >> I understand the SMC EZcard 10/100 uses the chip with this driver
> > >> (the ethernet address it reports is right, it isn't working (yet) and
> > >> the other information seems to be wrong...
> ...
> > Here's the output of mii:
> > mii-diag.c:v1.04 12/17/98  Donald Becker (becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
> >  MII PHY #32 transceiver registers:
> >    1000 7809 0000 0000 05e1 0000 0000 0000
> >    0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> >    0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
> >    0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000.
> >  Basic mode control register 0x1000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
> >  Basic mode status register 0x7809 ... 7809.
> >    Link status: not established.
> 
> You don't have link beat -- check your cables.
> 
> 

It works in win98 (but I had to get new 1211 drivers from smc...

> >    This transceiver is capable of  100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD 10baseT.
> >    Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation not complete.
> >  Your link partner is strange, status 0000.
> 
> This is the new output format when you don't link in libmii.
> I should omit the final message line when you don't have a link partner.
> 
> >     Ethernet controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 16).
> >       Vendor id=1113. Device id=1211.
> >       Medium devsel.  IRQ 255.  Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=32.Max Lat=64.
> 
> Change your BIOS setup so that a valid IRQ is assigned.  (Both '0' and '255'
> mean that no IRQ has been assigned.)
> 

I tried using irq 10 (which win98 reported)...no luck...

Marty Leisner




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