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From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: CRAP in 2.4.18-pre7
Date: 27 Jan 2002 13:08:49 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a31q91$upd$1@nell.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20020126171545.GB11344@fefe.de> <3C542FE6.7C56D6BD@mandrakesoft.com> <3C5439C1.6000305@evision-ventures.com> <3C543E86.7F0FA37A@gmx.net>

Followup to:  <3C543E86.7F0FA37A@gmx.net>
By author:    root <gunther.mayer@gmx.net>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> You don't need a hub to have collisions.
> 
> Duplex mismatch (i.e. one card in full-duplex, the other in half-duplex)
> would just show 10-50 KByte/sec transfer rates typically.
> 
> The card's statistics about "collisions" and "late collisions" would
> positively prove if this is the case.
> 

Not all cards correctly autoconfigure across a crossover cable (they
should, but not all do).  When autoconfigure is screwed up, as you
indicate above, things will be *VERY* messed up.

	-hpa
-- 
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  reply	other threads:[~2002-01-27 21:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 14+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2002-01-26 17:15 question about sparc 64-bit user land Felix von Leitner
2002-01-26 17:24 ` Ben Collins
2002-01-26 17:25 ` Jeff Garzik
2002-01-27 14:11   ` CRAP in 2.4.18-pre7 Martin Dalecki
2002-01-27 16:50     ` Jeff Garzik
2002-01-27 17:32       ` Martin Dalecki
2002-01-27 17:53         ` root
2002-01-27 21:08           ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2002-01-28 12:06             ` Martin Dalecki
2002-01-28 15:37               ` H. Peter Anvin
2002-01-27 18:46     ` Michal Jaegermann
2002-01-27 21:58       ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2002-01-28  3:40         ` Michal Jaegermann
2002-01-26 18:07 ` question about sparc 64-bit user land Andreas Jaeger

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