From: David Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
To: jharan@Brocade.COM
Cc: jeff@garzik.org, linux-net@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: ETHTOOL_GSET IOCTL on GigE links
Date: Fri, 01 Jun 2007 15:59:29 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20070601.155929.52113315.davem@davemloft.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <46F9780F64AE9945815725F4C0C72CB80302625D@hq-exch-1.corp.brocade.com>
From: "Jeff Haran" <jharan@Brocade.COM>
Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2007 15:51:18 -0700
> OK, but my question remains. In the case where a device supports one set
> of speeds via autonegotiation and another set via forcing, how does one
> tell which speeds can be forced and which can be autonegotiated?
Unfortunately, as you have noted, this information is not
given at the moment.
I got bit by this the other week when I wanted to try forcing
gigabit on a tg3 and the driver wouldn't allow it because it
only allows forcing link speeds at 10/100 on copper links.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2007-06-01 22:59 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
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2007-06-01 22:40 ` ETHTOOL_GSET IOCTL on GigE links Jeff Garzik
2007-06-01 22:51 ` Jeff Haran
2007-06-01 22:59 ` David Miller [this message]
2007-06-01 23:04 ` Jeff Garzik
2007-06-01 23:09 ` Jeff Haran
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