ethtool and mii-tool cannot read eth0 NIC

Hi,

A P4 running Debian unstable and 2.6.12-1-686 has a Davicom nic:
0000:02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x
DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31)

It used to use tulip driver but IIRC in 2.6.12 kernel dmfe driver is
necessary to make it work.

The problem is that ethtool and mii-tool do not seem to talk to the nic:
~# ethtool eth0
Settings for eth0:
No data available
~# mii-tool eth0
SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported
~#


How do I making these commands work, if at all possible?

thanks,
->HS
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H.S> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A P4 running Debian unstable and 2.6.12-1-686 has a Davicom nic:
> 0000:02:02.0 Ethernet controller: Davicom Semiconductor, Inc. 21x4x
> DEC-Tulip compatible 10/100 Ethernet (rev 31)
>
> It used to use tulip driver but IIRC in 2.6.12 kernel dmfe driver is
> necessary to make it work.
>
> The problem is that ethtool and mii-tool do not seem to talk to the nic:
> ~# ethtool eth0
> Settings for eth0:
> No data available
> ~# mii-tool eth0
> SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported
> ~#
>
>
> How do I making these commands work, if at all possible?
>
> thanks,
> ->HS
Hi,

I think it will not work. AFAIK SIOCGMIIPHY is a SysIO Control code. If
the driver does not understand it, ,,operation not supported'' will be
the result.

BR
Hans-Juergen Lange