Hi folks, I have some trouble using a 3COM NIC905B and the 3c59x driver with kernel 2.2.x and 2.4.0.testx. First of all the card works fine with Windows or with linux 2.2.18 using the 3c90x driver su
Hello, Michael. Good problem report. You've done this before. Uh-oh. Someone has set the `full duplex' bit in your EEPROM. Bit 15, word 0x0d. 40a1: the link partner is advertising only 10/100 half du
This kernel is a stock 2.2.17 with acl patches (doesn't change anything network-related). Bootup msg : 3c59x.c 16Aug00 Donald Becker and others http://www.scyld.com/network/vortex.html eth0: 3Com 3c9
10/100 hub doesn't imply half-duplex to me. I've also got a 10/100 thingy, but it is full duplex. Bit that still doesn't explainn why the driver lies :) Igmar