Re: 3c59x on 2.6.0-test3->test6 slow

[Andrew Morton]

Domen Puncer <domen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Monday 13 of October 2003 02:37, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > Domen Puncer <domen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > Tried a bunch of 2.5.x kernels... no better.
> > >  Then i tried 2.4.22... and my nic still doesn't work fast.
> >
> > There's some stuff in Documentation/networking/vortex.txt telling you how
> > to locate and run vortex-diag and mii-diag.
> 
> Should have read this before, sorry.
> 
> options=8 (autonegotiate) solves my problem. (driver could default to that?)
> Sorry for wasting your time.

The eeprom has a field which defines the default, and the driver honours
that.  I have a suspicion that the 3com windows just ignores the field.

You can reset the eeprom default with 3com's DOS-based setup tool.

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