On Mon, 20 Oct 2003, Marco Berizzi wrote:

I have found a strange 3C905 behaviour on linux 2.4.22 (same behaviuor
with 2.4.19 and 2.6.0-test7).
When the linux box load the module with /etc/modules.conf containing:
options 3c59x options=0x8,0x8

Baseline: what do you expect this option setting to do when used with
the 3c905_ (no suffix)?

Note that the 3c905 has an external MII transceiver (trasceiver type 6),
while the 3c905B and 3c905C have on-chip transceivers (transceiver type 8). 

the 3C905 NICs don't receive/send packet. 3C905B NIC is working good.

I would say that the driver is working as you directed it to.

You should not set driver options unless you have a non-standard
configuration.  Setting driver options "just to make sure" is a common
source of problems.

I suspect that just removing the module options will restore correct
operation.

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