From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Francois Romieu Subject: Re: [PATCH] NET/PHY: Eliminate the algorithm of forced ethernet speed reduction Date: Sat, 26 Jan 2013 10:59:53 +0100 Message-ID: <20130126095953.GA9403@electric-eye.fr.zoreil.com> References: <1359108607.357711816@f237.mail.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org To: Kirill Kapranov Return-path: Received: from violet.fr.zoreil.com ([92.243.8.30]:44635 "EHLO violet.fr.zoreil.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753199Ab3AZK3Y (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Jan 2013 05:29:24 -0500 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1359108607.357711816@f237.mail.ru> Sender: netdev-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: Kirill Kapranov : > NET/PHY: Eliminate the forced speed reduction algorithm. > In case of the fixed speed set up for NIC > (e.g. ethtool -s eth0 autoneg off speed 100 duplex full) > with ethernet cable plugged off, mentioned algorithm > slows down NIC speed, so the further "hooking up" gives > no result. AFAIK, this behaviour is not RFCs' recommended. > Tested at 2.6.38.7, applicable up to for 3.0.4. (your mail user agent completely messed the patch. Please fix it.) I makes sense but which RFC (?) does state that said algorithm should not apply to the autonegotiated case as well ? -- Ueimor