Re: 3C90B 3C90C 8k MII Bug

[Steve_Marfisi@3com.com]

Sorry about the confusion...the "buggy" 3C905C never made it to market - the
affected ones were protoype boards, and the bug was fixed before it made
production and shipment to normal distibution channels.  Any commercially
available 3C905C should be just fine.

Regards,

Steve Marfisi






Marty Connor <mdc@thinguin.org> on 01/06/2000 03:21:11 PM

To:   "Netboot List" <netboot@baghira.han.de>
cc:   Steve Marfisi/US/3Com

Subject:  Re: 3C90B 3C90C 8k MII Bug




Steve, thanks for your message!

I always wondered what was going on with that so called "8K MII Bug".
I guess the question I still have is, how can I identify a card that
doesn't have the undesirable behavior?  From what you say, the "later
rev" 3C905Cs don't have it. Is the PCI signature different for these
cards? Is there any way programmatically I can determine whether I have a
3C905C that doesn't require the Etherboot workaround?

I ask because as we edit the 3C905.txt file to help new users of
Etherboot, it might be useful to say that "if you have a Rev X 3C905C or
later, you don't need to do the floppy disk magic described below"

Thanks for your help,

Regards,

Marty

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