> In article <200302081646.h18Gkq610837@buzzard.buzzard.freeserve.co.uk>
> rearnsha@buzzard.freeserve.co.uk wrote:
> 
> > I've just noticed that the GENERIC kernel is still configured to use the 
> > TLP ethernet driver (and this includes 1.6.1 sources).  On my machine this 
> > *just does not work*.
> > 
> > Has anyone else managed to get this driver working on a Cats?  If not, why 
> > haven't we rolled by to the de driver which does work?
> 
> Hmm, I'm using 21140A (SMC Ether Power) with tlp driver
> for years on my cats and there is no problem.
> (There are some chip-dependent problem with tlp driver?)

> tlp0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.0
> tlp0: broken MicroWire interface detected; setting SROM size to 1Kb
> tlp0: interrupting at irq 8
> tlp0: Ethernet address 00:00:c0:ee:e4:f8
> nsphy0 at tlp0 phy 3: DP83840 10/100 media interface, rev. 0
> nsphy0: 10baseT, 10baseT-FDX, 100baseTX, 100baseTX-FDX, auto
>  :
> tlp0: transmit underrun; new threshold: 96/256 bytes
> tlp0: transmit underrun; new threshold: 128/512 bytes
> tlp0: transmit underrun; new threshold: 160/1024 bytes
>  :

Odd, I just get:

tlp0 at pci0 dev 9 function 0: DECchip 21140A Ethernet, pass 2.2
tlp0: interrupting at irq 8
tlp0: Ethernet address 00:40:05:51:3b:b2
tlp0: unable to configure MII
tlp0: no media found!

And of course, after that the interface is useless.

R.