[tulip] Macronix 98715 PMAC rev 37

[Morrell, Mike A]

I'm running two of these same cards in a Debian (Potato) box with 2.2.16
kernel without any problems. I am using v.91g-ppc driver that was installed
by default and it works much better for me than the v.92X drivers (I've
tried them all except .92t). I do not pass any options to the card. BTW, why
do you want to force half duplex instead of using autonegotiation?

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew [mailto:matthew@psychohorse.com]
Sent: Sunday, January 28, 2001 7:10 PM
To: Iggy Reko
Cc: tulip@scyld.com
Subject: Re: [tulip] Macronix 98715 PMAC rev 37


This card does not seem to use MII transceiver as I ran the mii-diag, but it

said quite catagorically:  SIOCGMIIPHY on eth0 failed: No such device

Guess that explains that...From the pdf file I downloaded from Macronix I 
have discovered that it comes with something called Adaptive Network 
Throughput Control (ANTC), they call it innovative and proprietary design 
(although thats not what comes to my mind...). Just wish the box would
detail 
these things more, half the time its like a lucky dip.

The pdf goes into more technical details with lots of diagrams. Not sure if 
its any use though.

Thanks for all the effort, I do appreciate it. 

Matthew

On Sunday 28 January 2001 02:29 pm, Iggy Reko wrote:
> Matthew wrote:
>
> <> > Does your card actually have a MII 100baseFX-HDX transceiver (media
> type <> > 16)?
> <>
> <> To be honest, I had no idea. Took a couple of shots in the dark,
luckily
> I <> managed to remember how to get into the system without networking. I
> was <> passing options to try and force 100 half duplex.
>
> Matthew,
>
> There's a very useful diagnostic program for tulip based
> NICs available from the same site as the drivers ('coz
> Donald wrote 'em both ...)
>
>   ftp://ftp.scyld.com/pub/diag/mii-diag.c
>
> It compiles and runs easily:
>
>   % gcc mii-diag.c -o mii-diag
>   % ./mii-diag -v
>   mii-diag.c:v2.00 4/19/2000  Donald Becker (becker@scyld.com)
>    http://www.scyld.com/diag/index.html
>   Using the default interface 'eth0'.
>     MII PHY #0 transceiver registers:
>       1000 782d 7810 0000 01e1 0021 0000 0000
>       0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000
>       0000 0000 4000 0000 26bb 0010 0000 0002
>       0001 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000 0000.
>     Basic mode control register 0x1000: Auto-negotiation enabled.
>     You have link beat, and everything is working OK.
>     This transceiver is capable of 100baseTx-FD 100baseTx 10baseT-FD
> 10baseT. Able to perform Auto-negotiation, negotiation complete.
>     Your link partner is generating 10baseT link beat  (no
> autonegotiation). %
>
> THat's the info we're looking for to help you out.
>
> Reto

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