Re: Vortex full-duplex doesn't work?

["Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org>]

On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:13:19 -0700 "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:

| On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:09:23 +0200 Karel Kulhavý <clock@twibright.com> wrote:
| 
| | > | Hello
| | > | 
| | > | I have collected from tidbits of information that
| | > | ether=0,0,0x201,0,eth0 should set my 3c900 card to full duplex AUI.
| | > | 
| | > | I have tried this, then ifconfig eth0 up and then
| | > | vortex-diag -vv and it still reports MAC Settings: half-duplex
| | > | 
| | > | When I rewrite all occurences of full_duplex in 3c59x.c for hard-coded
| | > | "1", then I get MAC Settings: full-duplex
| | > | 
| | > | How do I set up this driver to force full-duplex AUI for 3c900 network
| | > | card without using modules and without patching 3c59x.c?
| | > 
| | > BTW, what kernel version ???
| | 
| | 2.4.22
| | 
| | > As I indicated in another reply to you, <quote>
| | > Please try this, although I'm not yet convinced that the 3c59x
| | > driver calls all of the right hooks for this to work.
| | > but good luck, and please report back on it. </quote>
| | 
| | So the only possibility apart from introducing modules is hacking it up in the
| | driver?
| 
| Yes, I believe so.
| 
| | I tried the 3Com setup DOS diskette and it refuses to set full duplex
| | together with AUI.
| 
| That makes sense.  Fdx requires 2 copper wire pairs.  AUI is a shared
| wire medium.

OK, AUI is a 15-pin (?) connector, not a cable at all.
Are you using a twisted-pair MAU on the AUI connector, or are you
using a single ethernet cable?
(I don't know enough about the driver for this to matter.)

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~Randy