On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 9:01 AM, Tim Edwards <tedwa...@it.dcs.ch> wrote: > > > Stephen John Smoogen wrote: >> On Mon, Sep 28, 2009 at 8:52 AM, Tim Edwards <tedwa...@it.dcs.ch> wrote: >>> Has anyone here had problems enabling miimon when using NICs that use >>> the forcedeth kernel module? For us, on several machines, it doesn't >>> seem to work: >>> mii-tool eth0 >>> SIOCGMIIPHY on 'eth0' failed: Operation not supported >> >> Well mii is not supported on a lot of newer hardware and my guess is >> that the forcedeth doesn't support it either. What does ethtool show >> you? > > ethtool eth0 > Settings for eth0: > Supported ports: [ MII ] > Supported link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > 1000baseT/Full > Supports auto-negotiation: Yes > Advertised link modes: 10baseT/Half 10baseT/Full > 100baseT/Half 100baseT/Full > 1000baseT/Full > Advertised auto-negotiation: Yes > Speed: 10Mb/s > Duplex: Half > Port: MII > PHYAD: 2 > Transceiver: external > Auto-negotiation: on > Supports Wake-on: g > Wake-on: d > Link detected: yes
Ok the revision of either mii-tool or the bios on the network card do not support each other. Does the problem you see look like this one with CentOS-5? http://www.centos.org/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=12989 > _______________________________________________ > rhelv5-list mailing list > rhelv5-list@redhat.com > https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list > -- Stephen J Smoogen. Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp. Or what's a heaven for? -- Robert Browning _______________________________________________ rhelv5-list mailing list rhelv5-list@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/rhelv5-list
