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3c905c that doesn't work with IS install but DOES work with SIPB install

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Tue Jan 30 21:20:29 2001

Message-ID: <MuRrNalz0001MbtJkk@mit.edu>
Date: Wed, 31 Jan 2001 02:20:22 +0000 ()
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: linux-dev@MIT.EDU, release-team@MIT.EDU

Here are details that describe the 3Com 3c905c chip
that would not work with the IS install, but worked fine with the current
SIPB install:

Data from /proc/pci: 
  Bus  1, device   4, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: 3Com Unknown device (rev 120).
      Vendor id=10b7. Device id=9200.
      Medium devsel.  IRQ 5.  Master Capable.  Latency=80.  Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=10.
      I/O at 0x2000 [0x2001].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xed000000 [0xed000000].

Data from lspci -vvx :

01:04.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink] (rev 78
)
        Subsystem: Hewlett-Packard Company: Unknown device 1246
        Control: I/O+ Mem+ BusMaster+ SpecCycle- MemWINV+ VGASnoop- ParErr- Step
ping- SERR- FastB2B-
        Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium >TAbort- <TAbort
- <MAbort- >SERR- <PERR-
        Latency: 10 min, 10 max, 80 set, cache line size 08
        Interrupt: pin A routed to IRQ 5
        Region 0: I/O ports at 2000
        Region 1: Memory at ed000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable)
        Capabilities: <available only to root>
00: b7 10 00 92 17 00 10 02 78 00 00 02 08 50 00 00
10: 01 20 00 00 00 00 00 ed 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 3c 10 46 12
30: 00 00 00 00 dc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 0a 0a

Note:

/proc/pci reports the following for an on-board 3c905c NIC that is
TOTALLY HAPPY with the IS install"

  Bus  0, device  18, function  0:
    Ethernet controller: 3Com Unknown device (rev 116).
      Vendor id=10b7. Device id=9200.
      Medium devsel.  IRQ 11.  Master Capable.  Latency=64.  Min Gnt=10.Max Lat=10.
      I/O at 0xe400 [0xe401].
      Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xe8100100 [0xe8100100].

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