Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262390AbVCBR4D (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:56:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262396AbVCBRyJ (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:54:09 -0500 Received: from alog0429.analogic.com ([208.224.222.205]:15536 "EHLO chaos.analogic.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262382AbVCBRt4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:49:56 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 12:48:25 -0500 (EST) From: linux-os Reply-To: linux-os@analogic.com To: Horst von Brand cc: Lee Revell , Ben Greear , Linux kernel Subject: Re: Network speed Linux-2.6.10 In-Reply-To: <200503021740.j22HedCX006731@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> Message-ID: References: <200503021740.j22HedCX006731@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1816 Lines: 46 On Wed, 2 Mar 2005, Horst von Brand wrote: > 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. > -- In this case it's going to negotiate with the exact same device in the other box when connected with a X-over cable, and with a Netgear switch on my desk when not. In both cases, I have complete control of the "network". FYI I just upgraded to Linux-2.6.11 I'm going to repeat my experiment(s) later today after I put the same kernel on my other machine. > 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/ > Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.6.11 on an i686 machine (5537.79 BogoMips). Notice : All mail here is now cached for review by Dictator Bush. 98.36% of all statistics are fiction. - 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/