mii-tool does not work for me either. I thought mine was outdated or something 
like that ;)
Oh, kernel is -test6-mm4.

# mii-tool -V
mii-tool.c 1.9 2000/04/28 00:56:08 (David Hinds)

# mii-tool eth0
SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported

On Tuesday 07 October 2003 02:18, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Domen Puncer wrote:
> > On Tuesday 07 of October 2003 00:43, Zwane Mwaikambo wrote:
> > > On Tue, 7 Oct 2003, Domen Puncer wrote:
> > > > > Ok, could you send your .config too, i use the 3c59x driver and
> > > > > haven't noticed this in 2.6.0-test5-mm4. My card is;
> > > >
> > > > .config at the end of mail
> > >
> > > Sorry i forgot to ask for a dmesg too (from a kernel exhibiting the
> > > problem)
> >
> > 0000:00:0a.0: 3Com PCI 3c905B Cyclone 100baseTx at 0xd400. Vers LK1.1.19
> > eth0: no IPv6 routers present
> > eth0: Setting full-duplex based on MII #24 link partner capability of
> > 0141.
>
> What is your link peer?
>
> > Might be relevant... the last line is lagged a couple of seconds, and
> > network works fine before i see that line in dmesg.
>
> I'm also curious as to why mii-tool doesn't work, can you attach an strace
> mii-tool eth0?
>
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