"options" ignored in tulip module

[Graham Leggett]

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Loic Prylli wrote:

> Actually this two messages are perfectly normal, passing an options
> does not mean you change the type of the Eprom, but you should see
> later something like "selected user-forced media" (do not remember the
> exact message). One problem you may have is that the auto-negotiation
> algorithm is still used after user-selected media, and the tulip
> driver may errneously switch to another media after a few seconds.
> 
> You can look at
> http://www.debian.org/Lists-Archives/debian-alpha-9806/msg00090.html
> for a solution which imply applying a patch and forcing the driver to
> use a specific media selections rather than doing autonegotiation.
> 
> Tell me if it works,

I tried the tulip 0.89H + loic patch, however it didn't seem to work.

I couldn't really deduce anything from this, because at no stage does
the driver or the diagnostic module tell you what the ethernet media
types are set at. I could be setting them incorrectly and never know.

I am desparately trying to ascertain whether the fault lies with the
tulip driver, the adaptec quartet card or the Lancast transiever, as the
transiever was quite an expense and if it's faulty I need to return it
soon.

Do you know of any diagnostic tools for the tulip that translates the
EEPROM into something a mere mortal like myself can understand? I am
desparate to find out what's going on, but haven't a clue what the
settings are.

Regards,
Graham
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