Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:02:50 -0500 (EST) | From | Justin Piszcz <> | Subject | Kernel 2.6.9 Question w/4port Ethernet Card & MII Transceivers |
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Question regarding the warnings, it appears to find a MII transceiver but then it warns saying it does not?
What does this mean?
Is it a problem?
If it is not using a HW tranceiver, does this cause a loss in performance?
Description:
eth0 = built-in 3com eth[1-4] = adaptec 4 port nic
Output from lspci:
00:11.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905B 100BaseTX [Cyclone] (rev 24) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c) 02:04.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 22) 02:05.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 22) 02:06.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 22) 02:07.0 Ethernet controller: Digital Equipment Corporation DECchip 21140 [FasterNet] (rev 22)
Checking /proc/interrupts: # cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 0: 1082113 XT-PIC timer 1: 8 XT-PIC i8042 2: 0 XT-PIC cascade 5: 0 XT-PIC Crystal audio controller 8: 1 XT-PIC rtc 9: 0 XT-PIC acpi 11: 3624 XT-PIC uhci_hcd, eth0, eth1, eth2, eth3, eth4 12: 66 XT-PIC i8042 14: 2794 XT-PIC ide0 15: 18 XT-PIC ide1 NMI: 0 LOC: 0 ERR: 0 MIS: 0
Kernel 2.6.9 dmesg:
Linux Tulip driver version 1.1.13-NAPI (May 11, 2002) ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:04.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 tulip0: EEPROM default media type Autosense. tulip0: Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21140 MII PHY (1) block. tulip0: ***WARNING***: No MII transceiver found! eth1: Digital DS21140 Tulip rev 34 at 0xd4858c00, 00:00:D1:20:35:50, IRQ 11. ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:05.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 tulip1: Controller 1 of multiport board. tulip1: EEPROM default media type Autosense. tulip1: Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21140 MII PHY (1) block. tulip1: ***WARNING***: No MII transceiver found! eth2: Digital DS21140 Tulip rev 34 at 0xd485a800, EEPROM not present, 00:00:D1:20:35:51, IRQ 11. ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:06.0[A] -> GSI 11 (level, low) -> IRQ 11 tulip2: Controller 2 of multiport board. tulip2: EEPROM default media type Autosense. tulip2: Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21140 MII PHY (1) block. tulip2: ***WARNING***: No MII transceiver found! eth3: Digital DS21140 Tulip rev 34 at 0xd485c400, EEPROM not present, 00:00:D1:20:35:52, IRQ 11. ACPI: PCI interrupt 0000:02:07.0[A] -> GSI 10 (level, low) -> IRQ 10 tulip3: Controller 3 of multiport board. tulip3: EEPROM default media type Autosense. tulip3: Index #0 - Media MII (#11) described by a 21140 MII PHY (1) block. tulip3: ***WARNING***: No MII transceiver found! eth4: Digital DS21140 Tulip rev 34 at 0xd485e000, EEPROM not present, 00:00:D1:20:35:53, IRQ 11. eth0: no IPv6 routers present eth1: no IPv6 routers present eth4: Setting full-duplex based on MII#1 link partner capability of 45e1. eth2: no IPv6 routers present eth4: no IPv6 routers present eth3: no IPv6 routers present
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