> This document describes the usage and errata of the 3Com "Vortex" device > driver for Linux. > > This driver supports the following hardware: > 3c590, 3c592, 3c595, 3c597 > > When loaded as a module the following variables may be set: > name type description > debug int The debug message level, 0 (no messages) to 6 (wordy). > options int[] The media type override and card operation settings > (See list below.) > > An example of loading the vortex module is > insmod 3c59x.o debug=1 options=0,,12 > This sets the debug message level to minimal messages, sets the first card > to > the 10baseT transceiver, the second to the EEPROM-set transceiver, and the > third card to operate in full-duplex mode using its 100baseTx transceiver. > (Note: card ordering is set by the PCI BIOS.) > > Possible media type settings > 0 10baseT > 1 10Mbs AUI > 2 undefined > 3 10base2 (BNC) > 4 100base-TX > 5 100base-FX > 6 MII (not yet available) > 7 <Use default setting> > > 8 Full-duplex bit > 8 10baseT full-duplex > 12 100baseTx full-duplex > 16 Bus-master enable bit (experimental use only!) > > Details of the device driver implementation are at the top of the source > file. > ************************************************* Are these media type settings valid only for 3COM-NIC or also for other NIC's such as Asante for example?
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