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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=============================================================================
+Linux and the 3Com EtherLink III Series Ethercards (driver v1.18c and higher)
+=============================================================================
+
+This file contains the instructions and caveats for v1.18c and higher versions
+of the 3c509 driver. You should not use the driver without reading this file.
+
+release 1.0
+
+28 February 2002
+
+Current maintainer (corrections to):
+  David Ruggiero <jdr@farfalle.com>
+
+Introduction
+============
+
+The following are notes and information on using the 3Com EtherLink III series
+ethercards in Linux. These cards are commonly known by the most widely-used
+card's 3Com model number, 3c509. They are all 10mb/s ISA-bus cards and shouldn't
+be (but sometimes are) confused with the similarly-numbered PCI-bus "3c905"
+(aka "Vortex" or "Boomerang") series.  Kernel support for the 3c509 family is
+provided by the module 3c509.c, which has code to support all of the following
+models:
+
+ - 3c509 (original ISA card)
+ - 3c509B (later revision of the ISA card; supports full-duplex)
+ - 3c589 (PCMCIA)
+ - 3c589B (later revision of the 3c589; supports full-duplex)
+ - 3c579 (EISA)
+
+Large portions of this documentation were heavily borrowed from the guide
+written the original author of the 3c509 driver, Donald Becker. The master
+copy of that document, which contains notes on older versions of the driver,
+currently resides on Scyld web server: http://www.scyld.com/.
+
+
+Special Driver Features
+=======================
+
+Overriding card settings
+
+The driver allows boot- or load-time overriding of the card's detected IOADDR,
+IRQ, and transceiver settings, although this capability shouldn't generally be
+needed except to enable full-duplex mode (see below). An example of the syntax
+for LILO parameters for doing this::
+
+    ether=10,0x310,3,0x3c509,eth0
+
+This configures the first found 3c509 card for IRQ 10, base I/O 0x310, and
+transceiver type 3 (10base2). The flag "0x3c509" must be set to avoid conflicts
+with other card types when overriding the I/O address. When the driver is
+loaded as a module, only the IRQ may be overridden. For example,
+setting two cards to IRQ10 and IRQ11 is done by using the irq module
+option::
+
+   options 3c509 irq=10,11
+
+
+Full-duplex mode
+================
+
+The v1.18c driver added support for the 3c509B's full-duplex capabilities.
+In order to enable and successfully use full-duplex mode, three conditions
+must be met:
+
+(a) You must have a Etherlink III card model whose hardware supports full-
+duplex operations. Currently, the only members of the 3c509 family that are
+positively known to support full-duplex are the 3c509B (ISA bus) and 3c589B
+(PCMCIA) cards. Cards without the "B" model designation do *not* support
+full-duplex mode; these include the original 3c509 (no "B"), the original
+3c589, the 3c529 (MCA bus), and the 3c579 (EISA bus).
+
+(b) You must be using your card's 10baseT transceiver (i.e., the RJ-45
+connector), not its AUI (thick-net) or 10base2 (thin-net/coax) interfaces.
+AUI and 10base2 network cabling is physically incapable of full-duplex
+operation.
+
+(c) Most importantly, your 3c509B must be connected to a link partner that is
+itself full-duplex capable. This is almost certainly one of two things: a full-
+duplex-capable  Ethernet switch (*not* a hub), or a full-duplex-capable NIC on
+another system that's connected directly to the 3c509B via a crossover cable.
+
+Full-duplex mode can be enabled using 'ethtool'.
+
+.. warning::
+
+  Extremely important caution concerning full-duplex mode
+
+  Understand that the 3c509B's hardware's full-duplex support is much more
+  limited than that provide by more modern network interface cards. Although
+  at the physical layer of the network it fully supports full-duplex operation,
+  the card was designed before the current Ethernet auto-negotiation (N-way)
+  spec was written. This means that the 3c509B family ***cannot and will not
+  auto-negotiate a full-duplex connection with its link partner under any
+  circumstances, no matter how it is initialized***. If the full-duplex mode
+  of the 3c509B is enabled, its link partner will very likely need to be
+  independently _forced_ into full-duplex mode as well; otherwise various nasty
+  failures will occur - at the very least, you'll see massive numbers of packet
+  collisions. This is one of very rare circumstances where disabling auto-
+  negotiation and forcing the duplex mode of a network interface card or switch
+  would ever be necessary or desirable.
+
+
+Available Transceiver Types
+===========================
+
+For versions of the driver v1.18c and above, the available transceiver types are:
+
+== =========================================================================
+0  transceiver type from EEPROM config (normally 10baseT); force half-duplex
+1  AUI (thick-net / DB15 connector)
+2  (undefined)
+3  10base2 (thin-net == coax / BNC connector)
+4  10baseT (RJ-45 connector); force half-duplex mode
+8  transceiver type and duplex mode taken from card's EEPROM config settings
+12 10baseT (RJ-45 connector); force full-duplex mode
+== =========================================================================
+
+Prior to driver version 1.18c, only transceiver codes 0-4 were supported. Note
+that the new transceiver codes 8 and 12 are the *only* ones that will enable
+full-duplex mode, no matter what the card's detected EEPROM settings might be.
+This insured that merely upgrading the driver from an earlier version would
+never automatically enable full-duplex mode in an existing installation;
+it must always be explicitly enabled via one of these code in order to be
+activated.
+
+The transceiver type can be changed using 'ethtool'.
+
+
+Interpretation of error messages and common problems
+----------------------------------------------------
+
+Error Messages
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+eth0: Infinite loop in interrupt, status 2011.
+These are "mostly harmless" message indicating that the driver had too much
+work during that interrupt cycle. With a status of 0x2011 you are receiving
+packets faster than they can be removed from the card. This should be rare
+or impossible in normal operation. Possible causes of this error report are:
+
+   - a "green" mode enabled that slows the processor down when there is no
+     keyboard activity.
+
+   - some other device or device driver hogging the bus or disabling interrupts.
+     Check /proc/interrupts for excessive interrupt counts. The timer tick
+     interrupt should always be incrementing faster than the others.
+
+No received packets
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+If a 3c509, 3c562 or 3c589 can successfully transmit packets, but never
+receives packets (as reported by /proc/net/dev or 'ifconfig') you likely
+have an interrupt line problem. Check /proc/interrupts to verify that the
+card is actually generating interrupts. If the interrupt count is not
+increasing you likely have a physical conflict with two devices trying to
+use the same ISA IRQ line. The common conflict is with a sound card on IRQ10
+or IRQ5, and the easiest solution is to move the 3c509 to a different
+interrupt line. If the device is receiving packets but 'ping' doesn't work,
+you have a routing problem.
+
+Tx Carrier Errors Reported in /proc/net/dev
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+
+If an EtherLink III appears to transmit packets, but the "Tx carrier errors"
+field in /proc/net/dev increments as quickly as the Tx packet count, you
+likely have an unterminated network or the incorrect media transceiver selected.
+
+3c509B card is not detected on machines with an ISA PnP BIOS.
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+While the updated driver works with most PnP BIOS programs, it does not work
+with all. This can be fixed by disabling PnP support using the 3Com-supplied
+setup program.
+
+3c509 card is not detected on overclocked machines
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Increase the delay time in id_read_eeprom() from the current value, 500,
+to an absurdly high value, such as 5000.
+
+
+Decoding Status and Error Messages
+----------------------------------
+
+
+The bits in the main status register are:
+
+=====	======================================
+value 	description
+=====	======================================
+0x01 	Interrupt latch
+0x02 	Tx overrun, or Rx underrun
+0x04 	Tx complete
+0x08 	Tx FIFO room available
+0x10 	A complete Rx packet has arrived
+0x20 	A Rx packet has started to arrive
+0x40 	The driver has requested an interrupt
+0x80 	Statistics counter nearly full
+=====	======================================
+
+The bits in the transmit (Tx) status word are:
+
+=====	============================================
+value	description
+=====	============================================
+0x02	Out-of-window collision.
+0x04	Status stack overflow (normally impossible).
+0x08	16 collisions.
+0x10	Tx underrun (not enough PCI bus bandwidth).
+0x20	Tx jabber.
+0x40	Tx interrupt requested.
+0x80	Status is valid (this should always be set).
+=====	============================================
+
+
+When a transmit error occurs the driver produces a status message such as::
+
+   eth0: Transmit error, Tx status register 82
+
+The two values typically seen here are:
+
+0x82
+^^^^
+
+Out of window collision. This typically occurs when some other Ethernet
+host is incorrectly set to full duplex on a half duplex network.
+
+0x88
+^^^^
+
+16 collisions. This typically occurs when the network is exceptionally busy
+or when another host doesn't correctly back off after a collision. If this
+error is mixed with 0x82 errors it is the result of a host incorrectly set
+to full duplex (see above).
+
+Both of these errors are the result of network problems that should be
+corrected. They do not represent driver malfunction.
+
+
+Revision history (this file)
+============================
+
+28Feb02 v1.0  DR   New; major portions based on Becker original 3c509 docs
+
diff --git a/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/3com/vortex.rst b/Documentation/networking/device_drivers/ethernet/3com/vortex.rst
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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+=========================
+3Com Vortex device driver
+=========================
+
+Andrew Morton
+
+30 April 2000
+
+
+This document describes the usage and errata of the 3Com "Vortex" device
+driver for Linux, 3c59x.c.
+
+The driver was written by Donald Becker <becker@scyld.com>
+
+Don is no longer the prime maintainer of this version of the driver.
+Please report problems to one or more of:
+
+- Andrew Morton
+- Netdev mailing list <netdev@vger.kernel.org>
+- Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
+
+Please note the 'Reporting and Diagnosing Problems' section at the end
+of this file.
+
+
+Since kernel 2.3.99-pre6, this driver incorporates the support for the
+3c575-series Cardbus cards which used to be handled by 3c575_cb.c.
+
+This driver supports the following hardware:
+
+	- 3c590 Vortex 10Mbps
+	- 3c592 EISA 10Mbps Demon/Vortex
+	- 3c597 EISA Fast Demon/Vortex
+	- 3c595 Vortex 100baseTx
+	- 3c595 Vortex 100baseT4
+	- 3c595 Vortex 100base-MII
+	- 3c900 Boomerang 10baseT
+	- 3c900 Boomerang 10Mbps Combo
+	- 3c900 Cyclone 10Mbps TPO
+	- 3c900 Cyclone 10Mbps Combo
+	- 3c900 Cyclone 10Mbps TPC
+	- 3c900B-FL Cyclone 10base-FL
+	- 3c905 Boomerang 100baseTx
+	- 3c905 Boomerang 100baseT4
+	- 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx
+	- 3c905B Cyclone 10/100/BNC
+	- 3c905B-FX Cyclone 100baseFx
+	- 3c905C Tornado
+	- 3c920B-EMB-WNM (ATI Radeon 9100 IGP)
+	- 3c980 Cyclone
+	- 3c980C Python-T
+	- 3cSOHO100-TX Hurricane
+	- 3c555 Laptop Hurricane
+	- 3c556 Laptop Tornado
+	- 3c556B Laptop Hurricane
+	- 3c575 [Megahertz] 10/100 LAN  CardBus
+	- 3c575 Boomerang CardBus
+	- 3CCFE575BT Cyclone CardBus
+	- 3CCFE575CT Tornado CardBus
+	- 3CCFE656 Cyclone CardBus
+	- 3CCFEM656B Cyclone+Winmodem CardBus
+	- 3CXFEM656C Tornado+Winmodem CardBus
+	- 3c450 HomePNA Tornado
+	- 3c920 Tornado
+	- 3c982 Hydra Dual Port A
+	- 3c982 Hydra Dual Port B
+	- 3c905B-T4
+	- 3c920B-EMB-WNM Tornado
+
+Module parameters
+=================
+
+There are several parameters which may be provided to the driver when
+its module is loaded.  These are usually placed in ``/etc/modprobe.d/*.conf``
+configuration files.  Example::
+
+    options 3c59x debug=3 rx_copybreak=300
+
+If you are using the PCMCIA tools (cardmgr) then the options may be
+placed in /etc/pcmcia/config.opts::
+
+    module "3c59x" opts "debug=3 rx_copybreak=300"
+
+
+The supported parameters are:
+
+debug=N
+
+  Where N is a number from 0 to 7.  Anything above 3 produces a lot
+  of output in your system logs.  debug=1 is default.
+
+options=N1,N2,N3,...
+
+  Each number in the list provides an option to the corresponding
+  network card.  So if you have two 3c905's and you wish to provide
+  them with option 0x204 you would use::
+
+    options=0x204,0x204
+
+  The individual options are composed of a number of bitfields which
+  have the following meanings:
+
+  Possible media type settings
+
+	==	=================================
+	0	10baseT
+	1	10Mbs AUI
+	2	undefined
+	3	10base2 (BNC)
+	4	100base-TX
+	5	100base-FX
+	6	MII (Media Independent Interface)
+	7	Use default setting from EEPROM
+	8       Autonegotiate
+	9       External MII
+	10      Use default setting from EEPROM
+	==	=================================
+
+  When generating a value for the 'options' setting, the above media
+  selection values may be OR'ed (or added to) the following:
+
+  ======  =============================================
+  0x8000  Set driver debugging level to 7
+  0x4000  Set driver debugging level to 2
+  0x0400  Enable Wake-on-LAN
+  0x0200  Force full duplex mode.
+  0x0010  Bus-master enable bit (Old Vortex cards only)
+  ======  =============================================
+
+  For example::
+
+    insmod 3c59x options=0x204
+
+  will force full-duplex 100base-TX, rather than allowing the usual
+  autonegotiation.
+
+global_options=N
+
+  Sets the ``options`` parameter for all 3c59x NICs in the machine.
+  Entries in the ``options`` array above will override any setting of
+  this.
+
+full_duplex=N1,N2,N3...
+
+  Similar to bit 9 of 'options'.  Forces the corresponding card into
+  full-duplex mode.  Please use this in preference to the ``options``
+  parameter.
+
+  In fact, please don't use this at all! You're better off getting
+  autonegotiation working properly.
+
+global_full_duplex=N1
+
+  Sets full duplex mode for all 3c59x NICs in the machine.  Entries
+  in the ``full_duplex`` array above will override any setting of this.
+
+flow_ctrl=N1,N2,N3...
+
+  Use 802.3x MAC-layer flow control.  The 3com cards only support the
+  PAUSE command, which means that they will stop sending packets for a
+  short period if they receive a PAUSE frame from the link partner.
+
+  The driver only allows flow control on a link which is operating in
+  full duplex mode.
+
+  This feature does not appear to work on the 3c905 - only 3c905B and
+  3c905C have been tested.
+
+  The 3com cards appear to only respond to PAUSE frames which are
+  sent to the reserved destination address of 01:80:c2:00:00:01.  They
+  do not honour PAUSE frames which are sent to the station MAC address.
+
+rx_copybreak=M
+
+  The driver preallocates 32 full-sized (1536 byte) network buffers
+  for receiving.  When a packet arrives, the driver has to decide
+  whether to leave the packet in its full-sized buffer, or to allocate
+  a smaller buffer and copy the packet across into it.
+
+  This is a speed/space tradeoff.
+
+  The value of rx_copybreak is used to decide when to make the copy.
+  If the packet size is less than rx_copybreak, the packet is copied.
+  The default value for rx_copybreak is 200 bytes.
+
+max_interrupt_work=N
+
+  The driver's interrupt service routine can handle many receive and
+  transmit packets in a single invocation.  It does this in a loop.
+  The value of max_interrupt_work governs how many times the interrupt
+  service routine will loop.  The default value is 32 loops.  If this
+  is exceeded the interrupt service routine gives up and generates a
+  warning message "eth0: Too much work in interrupt".
+
+hw_checksums=N1,N2,N3,...
+
+  Recent 3com NICs are able to generate IPv4, TCP and UDP checksums
+  in hardware.  Linux has used the Rx checksumming for a long time.
+  The "zero copy" patch which is planned for the 2.4 kernel series
+  allows you to make use of the NIC's DMA scatter/gather and transmit
+  checksumming as well.
+
+  The driver is set up so that, when the zerocopy patch is applied,
+  all Tornado and Cyclone devices will use S/G and Tx checksums.
+
+  This module parameter has been provided so you can override this
+  decision.  If you think that Tx checksums are causing a problem, you
+  may disable the feature with ``hw_checksums=0``.
+
+  If you think your NIC should be performing Tx checksumming and the
+  driver isn't enabling it, you can force the use of hardware Tx
+  checksumming with ``hw_checksums=1``.
+
+  The driver drops a message in the logfiles to indicate whether or
+  not it is using hardware scatter/gather and hardware Tx checksums.
+
+  Scatter/gather and hardware checksums provide considerable
+  performance improvement for the sendfile() system call, but a small
+  decrease in throughput for send().  There is no effect upon receive
+  efficiency.
+
+compaq_ioaddr=N,
+compaq_irq=N,
+compaq_device_id=N
+
+  "Variables to work-around the Compaq PCI BIOS32 problem"....
+
+watchdog=N
+
+  Sets the time duration (in milliseconds) after which the kernel
+  decides that the transmitter has become stuck and needs to be reset.
+  This is mainly for debugging purposes, although it may be advantageous
+  to increase this value on LANs which have very high collision rates.
+  The default value is 5000 (5.0 seconds).
+
+enable_wol=N1,N2,N3,...
+
+  Enable Wake-on-LAN support for the relevant interface.  Donald
+  Becker's ``ether-wake`` application may be used to wake suspended
+  machines.
+
+  Also enables the NIC's power management support.
+
+global_enable_wol=N
+
+  Sets enable_wol mode for all 3c59x NICs in the machine.  Entries in
+  the ``enable_wol`` array above will override any setting of this.
+
+Media selection
+---------------
+
+A number of the older NICs such as the 3c590 and 3c900 series have
+10base2 and AUI interfaces.
+
+Prior to January, 2001 this driver would autoeselect the 10base2 or AUI
+port if it didn't detect activity on the 10baseT port.  It would then
+get stuck on the 10base2 port and a driver reload was necessary to
+switch back to 10baseT.  This behaviour could not be prevented with a
+module option override.
+
+Later (current) versions of the driver _do_ support locking of the
+media type.  So if you load the driver module with
+
+	modprobe 3c59x options=0
+
+it will permanently select the 10baseT port.  Automatic selection of
+other media types does not occur.
+
+
+Transmit error, Tx status register 82
+-------------------------------------
+
+This is a common error which is almost always caused by another host on
+the same network being in full-duplex mode, while this host is in
+half-duplex mode.  You need to find that other host and make it run in
+half-duplex mode or fix this host to run in full-duplex mode.
+
+As a last resort, you can force the 3c59x driver into full-duplex mode
+with
+
+	options 3c59x full_duplex=1
+
+but this has to be viewed as a workaround for broken network gear and
+should only really be used for equipment which cannot autonegotiate.
+
+
+Additional resources
+--------------------
+
+Details of the device driver implementation are at the top of the source file.
+
+Additional documentation is available at Don Becker's Linux Drivers site:
+
+     http://www.scyld.com/vortex.html
+
+Donald Becker's driver development site:
+
+     http://www.scyld.com/network.html
+
+Donald's vortex-diag program is useful for inspecting the NIC's state:
+
+     http://www.scyld.com/ethercard_diag.html
+
+Donald's mii-diag program may be used for inspecting and manipulating
+the NIC's Media Independent Interface subsystem:
+
+     http://www.scyld.com/ethercard_diag.html#mii-diag
+
+Donald's wake-on-LAN page:
+
+     http://www.scyld.com/wakeonlan.html
+
+3Com's DOS-based application for setting up the NICs EEPROMs:
+
+	ftp://ftp.3com.com/pub/nic/3c90x/3c90xx2.exe
+
+
+Autonegotiation notes
+---------------------
+
+  The driver uses a one-minute heartbeat for adapting to changes in
+  the external LAN environment if link is up and 5 seconds if link is down.
+  This means that when, for example, a machine is unplugged from a hubbed
+  10baseT LAN plugged into a  switched 100baseT LAN, the throughput
+  will be quite dreadful for up to sixty seconds.  Be patient.
+
+  Cisco interoperability note from Walter Wong <wcw+@CMU.EDU>:
+
+  On a side note, adding HAS_NWAY seems to share a problem with the
+  Cisco 6509 switch.  Specifically, you need to change the spanning
+  tree parameter for the port the machine is plugged into to 'portfast'
+  mode.  Otherwise, the negotiation fails.  This has been an issue
+  we've noticed for a while but haven't had the time to track down.
+
+  Cisco switches    (Jeff Busch <jbusch@deja.com>)
+
+    My "standard config" for ports to which PC's/servers connect directly::
+
+	interface FastEthernet0/N
+	description machinename
+	load-interval 30
+	spanning-tree portfast
+
+    If autonegotiation is a problem, you may need to specify "speed
+    100" and "duplex full" as well (or "speed 10" and "duplex half").
+
+    WARNING: DO NOT hook up hubs/switches/bridges to these
+    specially-configured ports! The switch will become very confused.
+
+
+Reporting and diagnosing problems
+---------------------------------
+
+Maintainers find that accurate and complete problem reports are
+invaluable in resolving driver problems.  We are frequently not able to
+reproduce problems and must rely on your patience and efforts to get to
+the bottom of the problem.
+
+If you believe you have a driver problem here are some of the
+steps you should take:
+
+- Is it really a driver problem?
+
+   Eliminate some variables: try different cards, different
+   computers, different cables, different ports on the switch/hub,
+   different versions of the kernel or of the driver, etc.
+
+- OK, it's a driver problem.
+
+   You need to generate a report.  Typically this is an email to the
+   maintainer and/or netdev@vger.kernel.org.  The maintainer's
+   email address will be in the driver source or in the MAINTAINERS file.
+
+- The contents of your report will vary a lot depending upon the
+  problem.  If it's a kernel crash then you should refer to
+  'Documentation/admin-guide/reporting-issues.rst'.
+
+  But for most problems it is useful to provide the following:
+
+   - Kernel version, driver version
+
+   - A copy of the banner message which the driver generates when
+     it is initialised.  For example:
+
+     eth0: 3Com PCI 3c905C Tornado at 0xa400,  00:50:da:6a:88:f0, IRQ 19
+     8K byte-wide RAM 5:3 Rx:Tx split, autoselect/Autonegotiate interface.
+     MII transceiver found at address 24, status 782d.
+     Enabling bus-master transmits and whole-frame receives.
+
+     NOTE: You must provide the ``debug=2`` modprobe option to generate
+     a full detection message.  Please do this::
+
+	modprobe 3c59x debug=2
+
+   - If it is a PCI device, the relevant output from 'lspci -vx', eg::
+
+       00:09.0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905C-TX [Fast Etherlink] (rev 74)
+	       Subsystem: 3Com Corporation: Unknown device 9200
+	       Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 19
+	       I/O ports at a400 [size=128]
+	       Memory at db000000 (32-bit, non-prefetchable) [size=128]
+	       Expansion ROM at <unassigned> [disabled] [size=128K]
+	       Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2
+       00: b7 10 00 92 07 00 10 02 74 00 00 02 08 20 00 00
+       10: 01 a4 00 00 00 00 00 db 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00
+       20: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 b7 10 00 10
+       30: 00 00 00 00 dc 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 05 01 0a 0a
+
+   - A description of the environment: 10baseT? 100baseT?
+     full/half duplex? switched or hubbed?
+
+   - Any additional module parameters which you may be providing to the driver.
+
+   - Any kernel logs which are produced.  The more the merrier.
+     If this is a large file and you are sending your report to a
+     mailing list, mention that you have the logfile, but don't send
+     it.  If you're reporting direct to the maintainer then just send
+     it.
+
+     To ensure that all kernel logs are available, add the
+     following line to /etc/syslog.conf::
+
+	 kern.* /var/log/messages
+
+     Then restart syslogd with::
+
+	 /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog restart
+
+     (The above may vary, depending upon which Linux distribution you use).
+
+    - If your problem is reproducible then that's great.  Try the
+      following:
+
+      1) Increase the debug level.  Usually this is done via:
+
+	 a) modprobe driver debug=7
+	 b) In /etc/modprobe.d/driver.conf:
+	    options driver debug=7
+
+      2) Recreate the problem with the higher debug level,
+	 send all logs to the maintainer.
+
+      3) Download you card's diagnostic tool from Donald
+	 Becker's website <http://www.scyld.com/ethercard_diag.html>.
+	 Download mii-diag.c as well.  Build these.
+
+	 a) Run 'vortex-diag -aaee' and 'mii-diag -v' when the card is
+	    working correctly.  Save the output.
+
+	 b) Run the above commands when the card is malfunctioning.  Send
+	    both sets of output.
+
+Finally, please be patient and be prepared to do some work.  You may
+end up working on this problem for a week or more as the maintainer
+asks more questions, asks for more tests, asks for patches to be
+applied, etc.  At the end of it all, the problem may even remain
+unresolved.