jamal wrote:
> On Mon, 2006-16-10 at 11:55 -0700, Auke Kok wrote:
>> jamal wrote:
> 
>>> I think when the e1000 says via ethtool "rx is on" - it means that it 
>>> is _advertising_ flow control as opposed to detecting partner has flow
>>> control capability.
>>> Auke, can you also check this as well?
 >>
>> Just found this in my todo box - a bit late :(
>>
>> yes, that appears to be the correct interpretation: we never read back the 
>> detected FC  state from the hardware.

For now, we should really report the FC status in e1000 at link up time. Jamal: this 
should help you out for now, I'll send something like this upstream later on.

Cheers,

Auke