Re: 3c59x: LK1.1.17 gives No MII transceivers found

[Kees Bakker <rnews@altium.nl>]

>>>>> "Andrew" == Andrew Morton <akpm@zip.com.au> writes:

Andrew> Kees Bakker wrote:
>> 
>> In 2.5.8 there was an update of the 3c59x driver. I have two NICs,
>> both use this driver, a 3c900 Boomerang and a 3c905C Tornado.
>> 
>> Linux 2.4.17 and 2.5.7 both report
>> 00:08.0: 3Com PCI 3c900 Boomerang 10Mbps Combo at 0xd400. Vers LK1.1.16
>> 00:09.0: 3Com PCI 3c905C Tornado at 0xd000. Vers LK1.1.16
>> 
>> However, the new driver produces:
>> 00:08.0: 3Com PCI 3c900 Boomerang 10Mbps Combo at 0xd400. Vers LK1.1.17
>> phy=0, phyx=24, mii_status=0xffff
>> phy=1, phyx=0, mii_status=0xffff

Andrew> It's just random debug code.

Is that also true for the "***WARNING*** No MII transceivers found!"
message?

Andrew> Does the 3c900 actually work correctly?

I can't tell, because since it hangs at boot. That is, every kernel after
2.5.7 that I could build, including 2.5.13. (I'm having those hda: lost
interrupt messages).
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