On Tue, May 01, 2007 at 09:52:30PM +0200, Rafał Bilski wrote: > > * 2) check for sudden death of the NIC: > > * It seems that a reference set for this chip went out with incorrect > > info, > > * and there exist boards that aren't quite right. An unexpected voltage > > * drop can cause the PHY to get itself in a weird state (basically > > reset). > > * NOTE: this only seems to affect revC chips.
> Code commented out and NIC is working OK. Strange. > eth0: DSPCFG accepted after 0 usec. > eth0: link up. > eth0: Setting full-duplex based on negotiated link capability. > dspcfg = 0x00000000 np->dspcfg = 0x00005060 Oh, that's entertaining. I have to confess that I've never seen an that triggered the workaround before - adding the maintainer, Tim Hockin, who may be able to shed some light on the expected behaviour here? -- "You grabbed my hand and we fell into it, like a daydream - or a fever."
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