From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Stephen Hemminger Subject: Re: sky2 hangs, hw csum errors with 2.6.18 Date: Fri, 22 Sep 2006 11:31:52 -0700 Message-ID: <20060922113152.02874cbc@localhost.localdomain> References: <20060922112442.GB4161@dezo.moloch.sk> <20060922095642.5acf4ac9@dxpl.pdx.osdl.net> <20060922182924.GE4161@dezo.moloch.sk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org Return-path: Received: from smtp.osdl.org ([65.172.181.4]:61591 "EHLO smtp.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964873AbWIVScC (ORCPT ); Fri, 22 Sep 2006 14:32:02 -0400 To: Martin Lucina In-Reply-To: <20060922182924.GE4161@dezo.moloch.sk> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-Id: netdev.vger.kernel.org On Fri, 22 Sep 2006 20:29:25 +0200 Martin Lucina wrote: > shemminger@osdl.org said: > > You can turn off TX pause and get the same effect. > > Not sure if I did the right thing, but: > > # ifdown eth1 > ... > # ethtool -A eth1 tx off > # ethtool -a eth1 > Pause parameters for eth1: > Autonegotiate: on > RX: on > TX: off > # ifup eth1 > ... > sky2 eth1: enabling interface > sky2 eth1: Link is up at 1000 Mbps, full duplex, flow control both > # ethtool -a eth1 > Pause parameters for eth1: > Autonegotiate: on > RX: on > TX: on > > is this what I should be seeing? > > -mato To get tx flow control to turn off. You need a patch (already in netdev-2.6 upstream) and then you can do: ethtool -A eth1 autoneg off tx off -- Stephen Hemminger