From: Steffen Klassert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The 3cSOHO100-TX needs a mdio_sync() before mdio_read() to read the MII transceiver registers properly. Adding EXTRA_PREAMBLE to drv_flags of the 3cSOHO100-TX will force this.
This problem exists already for years (I checked back to 2.6.8). Setting duplex for the 3cSOHO100-TX was more or less a random process. Till 2.6.15 it was more likely that the diver ends up in half duplex mode, after the code change in 2.6.16 it was more likely to end up in full duplex mode. I wonder why nobody noticed this earier. Hopefully addresses Bug 7454 3c59x (3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane) slow network bug http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7454 and Bug 3654 3cSOHO100-TX: No MII transceiver present http://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=3654 Cc: Jonas Sandberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Jon Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Steffen Klassert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> --- drivers/net/3c59x.c | 2 +- 1 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff -puN drivers/net/3c59x.c~3csoho100-tx-needs-extra_preamble drivers/net/3c59x.c --- a/drivers/net/3c59x.c~3csoho100-tx-needs-extra_preamble +++ a/drivers/net/3c59x.c @@ -324,7 +324,7 @@ static struct vortex_chip_info { {"3c980C Python-T", PCI_USES_MASTER, IS_CYCLONE|HAS_NWAY|HAS_HWCKSM, 128, }, {"3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane", - PCI_USES_MASTER, IS_CYCLONE|HAS_NWAY|HAS_HWCKSM, 128, }, + PCI_USES_MASTER, IS_CYCLONE|HAS_NWAY|HAS_HWCKSM|EXTRA_PREAMBLE, 128, }, {"3c555 Laptop Hurricane", PCI_USES_MASTER, IS_CYCLONE|EEPROM_8BIT|HAS_HWCKSM, 128, }, {"3c556 Laptop Tornado", _ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe netdev" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
