Two quick questions...

Hello,

I have two quick questions to which I can't seem to find the answers on t=
he
driver documentation (nor on google):

1. Does the vortex driver (the one that is included in the 2.6.11 source)
accept kernel boot parameters? If so what would the equivalent be of
"options=3D0x204", "ether=3D0x204,eth2"? Is it the same for an EISA devic=
e? I
read a mailing list message from 2003 that said the ether=3D... is broken=
 due
to the use of alloc_etherdev() API.
2. Does the vortex driver support running the 3C597 (a.k.a. TCM5970) at
100Mbps? Or maybe at 10Mbps at FD? Is there a reason as to why "mii-tool"
wont change the speed of an EISA device that uses a vortex driver built i=
nto
the kernel?

Here is my problem, if anyone is interested as to why I've asked the
questions above:

I have two NICs in my system: a 3C905 (PCI) and a 3C597 (EISA). The 3C905
works like a charm; auto detects the right media and has a good throughpu=
t.
My problem is with the 3C597, it works well at its default media setting
10Mbps Half Duplex, but it's plugged into a 100/10 switch so it should au=
to
detect 100 Mbps at Half Duplex (as according to the NIC's user guide it c=
an
only operate at HD when in 100Base), the other weird thing is that the li=
ght
at the back of the card indicates that it=B4s running at 100M but mii-too=
l
seems to think that's it's running at 10M HD.

The other aggravating thing is that I've built the vortex driver into the
kernel, now I need to pass some boot up parameters in order to force
different speeds, but ether=3D0x204,eth2 seems to have no affect!

Thanks for time.

Peter.

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