Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266034AbUFJACN (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2004 20:02:13 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266042AbUFJACN (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2004 20:02:13 -0400 Received: from ore.jhcloos.com ([64.240.156.239]:51716 "EHLO ore.jhcloos.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266034AbUFJACM (ORCPT ); Wed, 9 Jun 2004 20:02:12 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [RFC] ethtool semantics From: "James H. Cloos Jr." In-Reply-To: <40C77C70.5070409@tmr.com> (Bill Davidsen's message of "Wed, 09 Jun 2004 17:09:04 -0400") References: <20040607212804.GA17012@k3.hellgate.ch> <20040607145723.41da5783.davem@redhat.com> <20040608210809.GA10542@k3.hellgate.ch> <40C77C70.5070409@tmr.com> X-Hashcash: 0:040610:linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org:d4eecd74e8535e5c Date: Wed, 09 Jun 2004 20:01:58 -0400 Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 778 Lines: 13 >>>>> "Bill" == Bill Davidsen writes: Bill> It does sometimes matter, because even these days we sometimes Bill> see a case where a brand name switch (like Cisco) and a brand Bill> name card (Intel, 3COM) negotiate but just don't "work right" Bill> later. I just had this happen this week. Both intel and broadcom cards negatiated 100/full with the cisco switch, but failed to work properly. ethtool -s eth0 speed 100 duplex full autoneg off improved performance from OTOO 15% of capacity to wire speed. -JimC - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/