Messages in this thread Patch in this message | | | Date | Mon, 3 Feb 2003 22:00:37 -0500 | From | Ion Badulescu <> | Subject | Re: SIS900 module detects two transceivers, picks the wrong one |
| |
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
-- It is better to keep your mouth shut and be thought a fool, than to open it and remove all doubt. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
| |