Problem with mii-tool && 2.6.0-test1-ac2
If I compile the 8139 ethernet support as a module (as I always did - module name >> 8130too) I will get an error in make modules_install. However, if I build it in the kernel it will work just fine. The problem is that now when I try to do a simple mii-tool -F 100baseTX-FD eth0 (because my eth always stats at 100 Half duplex) I get this error:
SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported
What should I do?
PR
Quoted 7 lines · On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:22:30 +0100 Pedro Ribeiro <[email protected]> wrote:
If I compile the 8139 ethernet support as a module (as I always did - module name >> 8130too) I will get an error in make
modules_install. However, if I build it in the kernel it will work just fine. The problem is that now when I try to do a simple mii-tool -F 100baseTX-FD eth0 (because my eth always stats at 100 Half duplex) I get this error:SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported
What's the error you get on install? I don't have a problem doing it on my iBook.
You have to explicitly turn on MII support in 2.6-test; the kconfig option is CONFIG_MII; it's "Generic Media Independent Interface device support", the first item under "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)". This needs to be modular or on to use mii-tool, I imagine.
Matt
Quoted 9 lines · Matt Reppert
Quoted 3 lines · On Sat, 19 Jul 2003 19:22:30 +0100 Pedro Ribeiro <[email protected]> wrote:
If I compile the 8139 ethernet support as a module (as I always did - module name >> 8130too) I will get an error in make
modules_install. However, if I build it in the kernel it will work just fine. The problem is that now when I try to do a simple mii-tool -F 100baseTX-FD eth0 (because my eth always stats at 100 Half duplex) I get this error:SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported
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What's the error you get on install? I don't have a problem doing it on my iBook.
You have to explicitly turn on MII support in 2.6-test; the kconfig option is
CONFIG_MII; it's "Generic Media Independent Interface device support", the first item under "Ethernet (10 or 100Mbit)". This needs to be modular or on to use mii-tool, I imagine.
No, CONFIG_MII only occasionally affects mii-tool support. Further, CONFIG_MII is forced on if it is needed.
As I explained in another mail, older mii-tool binaries use the traditional -- but non-standard -- ioctls for the MII operations. Newer versions of mii-tool use the proper SIOC[GS]MIIxxx ioctls.
The proper fix is to obtain the latest version of mii-tool, possibly from net-utils cvs if nowhere else.
Jeff