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Date: Fri, 4 Apr 2003 13:14:00 -0500
From: Jeff Garzik <jgarzik@pobox.com>
To: Abhishek Agrawal <abhishek@abhishek.agrawal.name>
Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Strange e1000
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On Fri, Apr 04, 2003 at 07:49:28PM +0530, Abhishek Agrawal wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-04-04 at 19:11, Paul Rolland wrote:
> 
> > Could it be possible that the 1000MBps FD on the e1000 side is
> > a local configuration, and that it needs some time to discuss with
> > the Netgear switch to negotiate correctly speed and duplex before
> > working correctly ? (i.e. 20 sec = negotiation time)
> Autoneg must be completed within 2 sec, or else it is considered as
> failed.

If we follow this rule, we have lots of Cisco and other network gear
that will not be able to communicate with Linux.

	Jeff