Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161151AbWAMWic (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:38:32 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161577AbWAMWic (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:38:32 -0500 Received: from zrtps0kp.nortel.com ([47.140.192.56]:42641 "EHLO zrtps0kp.nortel.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161151AbWAMWib (ORCPT ); Fri, 13 Jan 2006 17:38:31 -0500 Message-ID: <43C82BD5.2050904@nortel.com> Date: Fri, 13 Jan 2006 16:38:13 -0600 From: "Christopher Friesen" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.6) Gecko/20040115 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Lennart Sorensen CC: "Arne R. van der Heyde" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, c-d.hailfinger.kernel.2004@gmx.net Subject: Re: no carrier when using forcedeth on MSI K8N Neo4-F References: <43C7F35A.9010703@summitinstruments.com> <20060113222647.GB18972@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> In-Reply-To: <20060113222647.GB18972@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 13 Jan 2006 22:38:15.0567 (UTC) FILETIME=[0B02E9F0:01C61892] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 478 Lines: 14 Lennart Sorensen wrote: > Gigabit does NOT use cross over cables. I don't think this is always true. Some gigabit ports can autosense polarity and are able to use standard cables. Others require gigabit crossover cables. Chris - 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/