[tulip-bug] Bizarre tulip receive problem

[Gabriele Alberti]

On Tue, 29 Oct 2002 08:38:48 -0500 (EST)
Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com> wrote:

> On Mon, 28 Oct 2002, Gabriele Alberti wrote:
> 
> > > Does the board claim to support HomePNA "HPNA"?  (Some ADMtek chips do.)
> > 
> > I don't really know what are you talking about..how can I find this info?
> 
> It would be printed on the box as a major feature.

Well..my network adapter is built in the motherboard of my notebook; i couldn't find
any info about it: i know it's an accton because of win control panel..I can give you
exactly the model of the notebook, maybe you're luckier than me: Acer Aspire 1203XV.
So, no printing on the box about it...

> > I repeat anyway, the card *seem to work* as it would..the only weird
> > thing is ifconfig output. 
> 
> ...part the MAC think the chip should be reporting "no carrier".  In
> full duplex mode the carrier state should be ignored.
> 
> In this case only the 'ifconfig' output is wrong.  (Very annoying, but
> mostly harmless.)  I'll see if I can track down a fix.

I guess so..i discovered this "bug" just from the ifconfig's output, otherwise i never would.
Regards,
	Gabriel

> 
> A similar thing happens with the Conexant chip, but I suspect the
> problem sources are unrelated.
> 
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