Re: ethernet driver probs (tulip, de4x5, 3c509)

[Jeff Garzik]

On 20 Feb 2001, Manfred Bartz wrote:
> I have 3 NICs (2*DEC, 1*3c509) in my gateway (P75, 40M RAM).
> 
> tulip.o in 2.4.1 insists on selecting 10baseT, no command
> line option can convince it otherwise.  tulip.o in 2.2.16 auto
> detected media and worked fine.

A little info on your cards would be helpful.  With well over 100
different types of Tulip cards, I can't just read your mind :)

lspci, tulip-diag, and dmesg output would all be helpful.

> de4x5.o in 2.4.1 needs to be told the media, then works fine.
> de4x5.o in 2.2.16 auto detected media and worked fine.

de4x5 is going away, anyway.

	Jeff