Re: (BUG) 3c509b and kernel 2.4.x

[Petr Baudis]

>  > [1.] Upon boot, the 2.4.1 kernel misconfigures one of two 3c509b NICs
>  > installed in my computer as "BNC" rather than "10baseT".
> 
>  > Boot messages for eth0 in kernel 2.2:
>  > eth0: 3c509 at 0x300 tag 1, 10baseT port, address 00 a0 24 e9 8d a1, IRQ 10.
>  > and in 2.4:
>  > eth0: 3c509 at 0x300, BNC port, address 00 a0 24 e9 8d a1, IRQ 10.
>  >
>  > i don't know why it says BNC port.. but it isn't right, it should be 10baseT
> 
>  > I have three 3com cards( 1 3c590 Vortex, 1 3c900 Cyclone, 1 3c509B) which
>  > have no trouble with 2.2 kernels. But when I am trying to play with 2.4.0
>  > kernel, the 3c509 just can not load.
> 
I'm getting exactly this problems too. If 3c509 is on eth1 (and maybe just eth > 0),
it gets misconfigured port - i have two 3c509 and only second one doesn't work - but
when i force kernel to assign it 10baseT port, it of course works fine. I wanted to
examine this bug more closely, but unfortunately i have too little time now. But
anyway it looks there is bug in some region manipulation...

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