Re: Troublesome autoselect with 3c905 (was: Re: slow NFSd on i386?)

[Nick Nauwelaerts <nick@wanadoo.be>]

On Thu, 1 Aug 2002 10:07:54 -0500
"Bob Bostwick" <bobb@digitechsystems.com> wrote:

> I can tell you I got the same results with the 3CR990SVR97 (3ComR
> 10/100 Secure Server NIC).  I can test the switch theory for you, I
> know that the problem exists on Intel switches (510T's and In
> Business), I've also got a few Cisco's around as well, and will test
> with them tonight.  If there is anything special I should capture
> (from OBSD or from switch) that would help solve the problem, let me
> know.

I have the problem on cisco as well. The symptoms are a bit different
though. Instead of refusing to work, it has up to 70% packet loss. Tried
various autoselection / forced settings, but the problem persisted.
Anyway, Henning Brauer pointed me to some code or some workarounds, as
found in the icsphy reset code. I'll be trying that out this weekend,
hopefully sooner.

// nick