From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262463AbUJ0PxK (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:53:10 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262473AbUJ0PwD (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:52:03 -0400 Received: from viper.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.4]:59540 "HELO viper.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262463AbUJ0Pvv (ORCPT ); Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:51:51 -0400 Subject: Re: [2.6.10-rc1-bk5] e1000 broken badly on IBM T42 From: Lee Revell To: Shawn Starr Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@oss.sgi.com In-Reply-To: <200410270521.56816.shawn.starr@rogers.com> References: <200410270033.22804.shawn.starr@rogers.com> <200410270054.30313.shawn.starr@rogers.com> <200410270521.56816.shawn.starr@rogers.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 11:51:50 -0400 Message-Id: <1098892310.8313.1.camel@krustophenia.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 2004-10-27 at 05:21 -0400, Shawn Starr wrote: > I should just answer it myself, restarting fixed the interface negotiation > 'blip'. Perhaps the driver somehow did not reset and retry negotiation? > > That did look interesting though :) AIUI it's impossible to do 100% reliable autonegotiation with Ethernet. The best you can do is try to detect when you might have gotten it wrong and reset the interface. Lee