Subject: Re: 3.0_BETA: xi* and setting media types
To: Tonnerre LOMBARD <tonnerre@thundrix.ch>
From: Nicolas Joly <njoly@pasteur.fr>
List: tech-kern
Date: 10/25/2005 19:39:41
On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 06:16:48PM +0200, Tonnerre LOMBARD wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 06:02:02PM +0200, Tonnerre LOMBARD wrote:
> > Salut,
> > 
> > On Tue, Oct 25, 2005 at 05:55:59PM +0200, Tonnerre LOMBARD wrote:
> > > > # ifconfig xi0 media 10baseT
> > > > ifconfig: SIOCSIFMEDIA: Invalid argument
> > > > # 
> > > 
> > > Looks like the card simply doesn't ifmedia_add the corresponding
> > > settings. I'll look at it.
> > 
> > I added the ifmedia_add, but I still get a xi0 device timeout after
> > ifconfig xi0 media 10baseT
> > 
> > # ifconfig xi0 media 10baseT
> > ifmedia_ioctl: switching xi0 to Ethernet 10baseT <master,rxpause,txpause>
> > # ifconfig xi0 up
> > # xi0: device timeout
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Ok, it seems that the icsphy has stopped attaching to xi0. Any ideas why
> that could be?
> 
> Am I talking to myself? ;)

Same here on -current 3.99.10 :

cbb0: wait took 0.051433s
xirc0 at pcmcia0 function 0: <Xircom, CreditCard Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56, CEM56, 1.00>
xirc0: id=1146
com3 at xirc0
com3: ns8250 or ns16450, no fifo
xi0 at xirc0
xi0: MAC address 00:10:a4:d0:c1:c5

I can't remember last time i used it, but i know ethernet part worked.

xi0 at pcmcia0 function 0: Xircom RealPort Ethernet 10/100 + Modem 56
xi0: Ethernet address 00:10:a4:d0:c1:c5
icsphy0 at xi0 phy 0: ICS1890 10/100 media interface, rev. 3
icsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto

-- 
Nicolas Joly

Biological Software and Databanks.
Institut Pasteur, Paris.