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Date: Mon, 5 Jan 1998 16:22:51 -0800 (PST)
From: Chris Timmons <skynyrd@opus.cts.cwu.edu>
To: Brian Handy <handy@sag.space.lockheed.com>
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Subject: Re: mii device
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mii - media independent interface.  does your card have an MII port, too?
it would be a connector that resembles a high density scsi plug.  

-c

On Mon, 5 Jan 1998, Brian Handy wrote:

> Hey folks,
> 
> Running a -STABLE kernel on a new machine, I get this on boot-up:
> 
> ..
> vx0 <3COM 3C905 Fast Etherlink XL PCI> rev 0 int a irq 10 on pci0:15
> mii[*mii*]: disable 'auto select' with DOS util! address 00:60:08:3e:08:66
> vga0 <VGA-compatible display device> rev 0 int a irq 9 on pci0:16
> ...
> 
> 
> What's this "mii" bit about?  The ethernet card is a combo 10/100 card, I
> believe, so I presume this means I should set it manually to run on '10'.
> What are the consequences of not doing this?  I don't have a DOS partition
> right now I can do this with...
> 
> Wondering,
> 
> 
> Brian
>