alpha 2.0.35-2 kernel and Tulip.c problem and question

[David Brown - PKO]

Hi,

On a miata, network chip 21143-pc.

I am using he v.90f version of the tulip driver (the same problem is also
occurring w/ .89H version)
and when start up my system in am constantly getting the following message:

eth0: media is unconnected, llink down or incompatible connection.
eth0: media is 10Mb/s.
eth0: media is AUI.
eth0: media is unconnected, llink down or incompatible connection.
eth0: media is 10Mb/s.
eth0: media is AUI.
eth0: media is unconnected, llink down or incompatible connection.
eth0: media is 10Mb/s.
eth0: media is AUI.

I compiled and ran the tuilp-diag and go the following results:

With eth0 up
#tulip-diag -f -a

tulip-diag.c:v1.06 9/18/98 Donald Becker (becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Index #1: Found a Digital DS21143 Tulip adapter at 0x8800.
Digital DS21143 Tulip Tulip chip registers at 0x8800:
  fe208400 ffffffff ffffffff 40696090 40696110 f0660000 32402002 f3fe0000
  e0000000 fff483ff ffffffff fffe0000 000001c6 ffff0001 fffbff7f 8ff10008
 The Rx process state is 'Waiting for packets'.
 The Tx process state is 'Idle'.
Transmit started, Receive started, half-duplex.
 The transmit threshold is 72.
 Port selection is 10mpbs-serial, half-duplex.


#tulip-diag -e
tulip-diag.c:v1.06 9/18/98 Donald Becker (becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Index #1: Found a Digital DS21143 Tulip adapter at 0x8800.
EEPROM transceiver/media description for the Digital DS21143 Tulip chip.

Leaf node at offset 30, default media type 0800 (Autosense).
 5 transceiver description blocks:
  Media 10baseT,  block type 2.
   Serial transceiver for 10baseT (media type 0).
    GP pin direction 08ff  GP pin data 00f0.
  Media 10baseT-Full Duplex,  block type 2.
   Serial transceiver for 10baseT-Full Duplex (media type 4).
    GP pin direction 08ff  GP pin data 00f0.
  Media 10base2,  block type 2.
   Serial transceiver for 10base2 (media type 1).
    GP pin direction 08ff  GP pin data 00f0.
  Media AUI,  block type 2.
   Serial transceiver for AUI (media type 2).
    GP pin direction 08ff  GP pin data 00f0.
  Media MII,  block type 3.
   MII interface PHY 0 (media type 11).
 ***WARNING***: No MII transceivers found!

#tulip-diag -m
tulip-diag.c:v1.06 9/18/98 Donald Becker (becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Index #1: Found a Digital DS21143 Tulip adapter at 0x8800.
 ***WARNING***: No MII transceivers found!
  Internal autonegotiation state is 'Autonegotiation disabled'.


With eth0 down:
#tulip-diag -a
tulip-diag.c:v1.06 9/18/98 Donald Becker (becker@cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov)
Index #1: Found a Digital DS21143 Tulip adapter at 0x8800.
Digital DS21143 Tulip Tulip chip registers at 0x8800:
  fe208400 ffffffff ffffffff 40696090 40696110 f0000000 32400000 f3fe0000
  e0000000 fff483ff ffffffff fffe0000 000000c6 ffff0000 fffbff7f 8ff10008
 The Rx process state is 'Stopped'.
 The Tx process state is 'Stopped'.
Transmit stopped, Receive stopped, half-duplex.
 The transmit threshold is 72.
 Port selection is 10mpbs-serial, half-duplex.


I got the same error after building from RedHat 5.2.

I have Digital Unix built on another disk on this system and it works just
fine
so it does not look like a hardware problem.

If you can throw any hints or pointers my way I SURE would appreciate it.

Thank you,

 Dave