Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:23:17 -0700 | From | "Randy.Dunlap" <> | Subject | Re: Vortex full-duplex doesn't work? |
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On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 14:13:19 -0700 "Randy.Dunlap" <rddunlap@osdl.org> wrote:
| On Tue, 14 Oct 2003 23:09:23 +0200 Karel Kulhavý <clock@twibright.com> wrote: | | | > | Hello | | > | | | > | I have collected from tidbits of information that | | > | ether=0,0,0x201,0,eth0 should set my 3c900 card to full duplex AUI. | | > | | | > | I have tried this, then ifconfig eth0 up and then | | > | vortex-diag -vv and it still reports MAC Settings: half-duplex | | > | | | > | When I rewrite all occurences of full_duplex in 3c59x.c for hard-coded | | > | "1", then I get MAC Settings: full-duplex | | > | | | > | How do I set up this driver to force full-duplex AUI for 3c900 network | | > | card without using modules and without patching 3c59x.c? | | > | | > BTW, what kernel version ??? | | | | 2.4.22 | | | | > As I indicated in another reply to you, <quote> | | > Please try this, although I'm not yet convinced that the 3c59x | | > driver calls all of the right hooks for this to work. | | > but good luck, and please report back on it. </quote> | | | | So the only possibility apart from introducing modules is hacking it up in the | | driver? | | Yes, I believe so. | | | I tried the 3Com setup DOS diskette and it refuses to set full duplex | | together with AUI. | | That makes sense. Fdx requires 2 copper wire pairs. AUI is a shared | wire medium.
OK, AUI is a 15-pin (?) connector, not a cable at all. Are you using a twisted-pair MAU on the AUI connector, or are you using a single ethernet cable? (I don't know enough about the driver for this to matter.)
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