Re: SIS900 module detects two transceivers, picks the wrong one

[Ion Badulescu <ionut@badula.org>]

On Mon, 03 Feb 2003 14:42:08 -0700, Cameron Goble <cgoble@salud.unm.edu> wrote:

> I am having trouble with the SIS900 driver module v1.08.04. The module
> installs correctly and does not return an error, but ... well... 
> 
> Perhaps dmesg will explain better:
> 
> eth0: AMD79C901 HomePNA PHY transceiver found at address 2.
> eth0: AMD79C901 10BASE-T PHY transceiver found at address 3.
> eth0: using transceiver found at address 2 as default
> eth0: SiS 900 PCI Fast Ethernet at 0xec400, IRQ 11, 00:30:67:09:53:81.
> 
> So the network interface is a multi-function device, built onto the
> motherboard. The driver picks the HomePNA transceiver, but I want to use
> the 10BASE-T transceiver. Is there an option I can pass, or some code I
> can edit that force the driver to pick the 10BASE-T transceiver at
> address 3?

There is no such option, unfortunately. The driver attempts to find a 
transceiver with a link up, and uses that as a default. If it can't find
any, then it defauls to using the HomePNA (type HOME) transceiver.

So you have two choices:

1. make sure the interface is connected to a hub/switch when the driver
initializes;

or, if that doesn't work:

2. apply the following patch to the driver:

--- sis900.c.old	Mon Aug 26 14:43:22 2002
+++ sis900.c	Mon Feb  3 21:59:26 2003
@@ -513,6 +513,9 @@
 		u16 mii_status;
 		int i;
 
+		if (phy_addr == 2)
+			continue;
+
 		mii_phy = NULL;
 		for(i = 0; i < 2; i++)
 			mii_status = mdio_read(net_dev, phy_addr, MII_STATUS);

It's a crude hack, but it ought to work on your box.

Ion

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