Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262370AbVCBRk4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:40:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262372AbVCBRkz (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:40:55 -0500 Received: from inti.inf.utfsm.cl ([200.1.21.155]:62395 "EHLO inti.inf.utfsm.cl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262370AbVCBRku (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:40:50 -0500 Message-Id: <200503021740.j22HedCX006731@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> To: Lee Revell cc: Ben Greear , linux-os@analogic.com, Linux kernel Subject: Re: Network speed Linux-2.6.10 In-Reply-To: Message from Lee Revell of "Tue, 01 Mar 2005 15:24:51 CDT." <1109708691.14272.8.camel@mindpipe> X-Mailer: MH-E 7.4.2; nmh 1.1; XEmacs 21.4 (patch 17) Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:40:39 -0300 From: Horst von Brand X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0b2 (inti.inf.utfsm.cl [200.1.21.155]); Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:40:41 -0300 (CLST) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 919 Lines: 22 Lee Revell said: > On Tue, 2005-03-01 at 12:20 -0800, Ben Greear wrote: [...] > > What happens if you just don't muck with the NIC and let it auto-negotiate > > on it's own? > This can be asking for trouble too (auto negotiation is often buggy). I'be seen much more broken networks than buggy autonegotiation. If they negotiate something funny, check and fix the network. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - 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/