From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Benjamin Herrenschmidt Subject: Re: GigE on PowerMac G5 Date: Tue, 07 Mar 2006 00:15:06 +1100 Message-ID: <1141650907.11221.61.camel@localhost.localdomain> References: <1141507000.17127.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linuxppc64-dev@ozlabs.org Return-path: To: Andreas Schwab In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: linuxppc64-dev-bounces+glppd-linuxppc64-dev=m.gmane.org@ozlabs.org Errors-To: linuxppc64-dev-bounces+glppd-linuxppc64-dev=m.gmane.org@ozlabs.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2006-03-06 at 11:40 +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote: > Benjamin Herrenschmidt writes: > > > On Sat, 2006-03-04 at 15:53 +0100, Andreas Schwab wrote: > >> I suppose the NIC in the PowerMac G5 can do GigE, yet when plugged into a > >> GB switch it is only willing to talk 100MB with it. Any idea why? Kernel > >> is 2.6.16-rc5-git2. > > > > Works for me... Must be a problem with auto-neg and your switch, or the > > cable.... Can you check how the switch is configured maybe ? You can > > also try forcing the link speed with ethtool. > > It's not the cable, I have swapped it with another system where Gb is > working fine. Neither it's the switch port, I have swapped it too. I > can't force the speed with ethtool either. Any other idea what to look > for? At this point, all I can say is... does it work in OS X ? Ben.