Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753091AbXKYGky (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:40:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754130AbXKYGju (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:39:50 -0500 Received: from smtp2.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.14]:54467 "EHLO smtp2.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753989AbXKYGjs (ORCPT ); Sun, 25 Nov 2007 01:39:48 -0500 Date: Sat, 24 Nov 2007 22:39:28 -0800 From: Andrew Morton To: Jeroen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, Ayaz Abdulla Subject: Re: forcedeth ethernet driver & Low power state Message-Id: <20071124223928.796a4c6e.akpm@linux-foundation.org> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Sylpheed 2.4.7 (GTK+ 2.12.1; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 936 Lines: 25 On Sun, 25 Nov 2007 03:52:33 +0100 Jeroen wrote: > Hi, > > I'm migrating my server from windows 2003 server to Ubuntu, but I am > stumbling over the "Low Power State Link Speed" option for my NIC > (forcedeth) > > I need to disable this option in my windows driver otherwise the trough pout is > horrible because the link fluctuates constantly from 100/1000. > > Anyway, my question is where and how can I turn off this feature for the > forcedeth driver? I've looked in the source and as far as I can tell there is no > bootoption for this. There are some references noted in the code, but AFAIK > no setting. > > Any ideas? Thanks in advance! > (cc's added) - 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/